Carleton Burgan facial reconstruction (CP 1659), National Museum of Health and Medicine Description: Final result of facial reconstruction surgery of Pvt. Carleton Burgan, B Company, Purnell's Maryland Legion, age 20. Burgan was admitted to the hospital in August 4, 1862 with pneumonia. He was given the mercurial drug calomel, which caused an ulcer to form and spread across his tongue, mouth, cheek, and eye. Dr. Gurdon Buck of City Hospital in New York performed operations to rebuild…