Updated: Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:45

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Specimen 14

Civil war specimen

Tibia/Fibula. Inferior portion of leg showing fracture of the fibula; the space between the two bone fragments was originally filled by soft tissue.

The patient sustained an unknown injury on September 16, 1862. The remaining upper third of the leg was amputated 78 days later, and the femur was amputated 1 month after that. The patient died of hemorrhage secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis on March 31, 1863.

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