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undertaking to aid Dr. Shaw said, sadly, "It is of no use, Doctor; he cannot be saved. I have done all possible for the man. Let us go, and not torture him longer." "Just once more, Doctor; let me try just this once more, and I will give it up." Bending to his task, by a sudden miracle, he touched the exact lost thread; the thing was done.
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Dr Shaw was united in marriage in New York City with
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Using a metal catheter much like the one seen at right, Shaw was able to get most of the urine to drain from its normal course rather than out through the wound, with that in place Shaw was then able to slow bleeding enough by locating and tying off major arteries that
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after a full day's work tending the wounded of his regiment Shaw learned that
Chamberlain, who had been placed in command of another brigade in the division, had been wounded during an ill-fated charge and was believed to be dying. Shaw lost no time in finding his former commander. The doctors of
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Governor, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 12th instant in reference to the appointment of surgeon of the 20th Maine Vols. I have consulted with the officers of the 20th, and find that they would prefer (so far as I can discover) Dr. Shaw our present assistant
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Dr. Shaw attended many army reunions throughout the rest of his life and kept in contact with many members of the 20th Maine. At the turn of the century Shaw was able to renew and deepen his relationship with
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which would end my life. All others had given it up, and me too. But these two faithful men bent over their task trying with vain effort to find the entrance to torn and clogged and distorted passages of vital currents. Toiling and returning to the ever impossible task, the able surgeon
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lost consciousness after ignoring early warning signs of malarial fever. Chamberlain was apparently impressed with their new
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the firm, Loring Short & Harmon, married Carrie Starr Harmon, by whom he has two children, Elizabeth and Alice; Herbert who died at the age of ten years and
Florence M who became the wife of Frank H Bradford, of Portland Maine, and the mother of one child Dura Shaw Bradford.
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surgeon, to any other person except, perhaps, Dr. Martin. I have not the slightest objection to Dr. Wescott, but I believe the
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I looked up and saw dear, faithful Doctor Shaw, Surgeon of my own regiment lying a mile away. My brother Tom had brought him. He and good Dr. Townsend sat down by me and tried to use some instrument to establish proper connection to stop the terrible
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