we have the artifact of wertz prior to his hanging so we offer see. here for the public to these two artifacts are right near a larger examination of the injuries and wounds during the civil war. museum sent out notes to medical officers in all the major battlefields, in all theaters of the war, with the instruction to send spen mens from their battlefield hospital to washington. they were instructed to keep careful detailed notes and they were also instructed to keep with the specimen the object that caused the injury. some of the k at objects and specimens on display, you'll see a miniball fragments tacked into the prepared specimens on display. sometimes, the specimens would come to washington packed in casts, huge barrels full of alcohol with the specimens. this is prior to having been defleshed and treated and cleaned and prepared, packed into the barrels, for their arrival at the army medical offices, wherever they might have been in washington at the time, and the staff would have taken them out of the barrels, cleaned them, prepared them and m

well, wertz was tried and convicted and his claims failed to convince a jury and he was executed. his remains showed no loss of use of any part of his arm disproving the claim he had made during his trial. but also on display are the first and second vertical vertebrae of his neck, showing the effect of his execution. we contrast the actual specimen with the photograph of him just prior to the actual hanging. we offer that here for the public to see. these two artifacts are right near a larger examination of the study of injuries and wounds during the civil war. the museum sent out misses to medical officers and all the major battlefields and all theaters of the war with the instruction to send speaks means from their battlefield hospital to washington. they were instructed to keep detailed notes and instructed to keep with the specimen the object that caused the injury. if you look at some of those on display, you will see a mini ball or fragment tasked into the prepared specimens on display. they would come to washington packed in whiskey casks. this is prior to having been clea

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