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Sergeant R. W. Bedingfield, Co. G, 60th Georgia, age 18 years, wounded at Monocacy, July 9, 1864; admitted into hospital at Frederick ; conoidal ball passed through upper third of left thigh and lodged near the inner side of right femur, wounding the right profunda artery; traumatic aneurism, sac five inches in length, containing at least a pint of clotted blood. August 15th, Acting Assistant Surgeon J. H. Bartholf laid open the aneurismal sac. Bleeding came from the profunda artery; a ligature was applied above and below the wound of the artery by an incision four inches along the sartorius muscle; the patient was in good condition though irritable and depressed; brandy was given every hour during the day after the operation; haemorrhage did not recur. August 25th, ligature came away; the wound healed, and the patient was transferred to Point Lookout, October 25th, for exchange.
SOURCE: Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Volume 2, Part 3
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