"Case 741. — Lieutenant Robert Catlin, 5th U. S. Artillery, was wounded in an engagement on the Weldon Railroad, near Petersburg, August 21, 1864, by a twelve-pound round shot which crushed his left foot. Three hours after the reception of the injury the limb was amputated in the lower third, by circular incision, by Surgeon W. B. Fox, 8th Michigan. The wound healed rapidly, and Lieutenant Catlin was able to be about in a month. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, who had the patient under treatment for a period of three years on account of neuralgia of the leg stump, published an elaborate account of the results of his observations. In July, 1866, Lieutenant Catlin was promoted Captain. Dr. John H. Brinton, in the spring of 1875, at the request of Dr. Mitchell, exsected one and a half inches of the peroneal nerves, but without material influence on the neuralgic pains. The patient was furnished with an artificial limb by A. A. Marks, of New York. He was placed on the retired list as captain December 15, 1870." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.
"Case 741. — Lieutenant Robert Catlin, 5th U. S. Artillery, was wounded in an engagement on the Weldon Railroad, near Petersburg, August 21, 1864, by a twelve-pound round shot which crushed his left foot. Three hours after the reception of the injury the limb was amputated in the lower third, by circular incision, by Surgeon W. B. Fox, 8th Michigan. The wound healed rapidly, and Lieutenant Catlin was able to be about in a month. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, who had the patient under treatment for a period of three years on account of neuralgia of the leg stump, published an elaborate account of the results of his observations. In July, 1866, Lieutenant Catlin was promoted Captain. Dr. John H. Brinton, in the spring of 1875, at the request of Dr. Mitchell, exsected one and a half inches of the peroneal nerves, but without material influence on the neuralgic pains. The patient was furnished with an artificial limb by A. A. Marks, of New York. He was placed on the retired list as captain December 15, 1870." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.
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