From the stump of the arm, the
    amputated hand,
I undo the clotted lint, remove the
    slough, wash off the matter and
    blood,
Back on his pillow the soldier bends
    with curv’d neck and side-falling
    head,
His eyes are closed, his face is pale, he     dares not look on the bloody stump

(The Wound-Dresser 444)
Image ID: LC-USZC4-7976
A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, 1861-65