From the time of his serious wound in 1864 until his death, he was forced to wear an early form of a catheter with a bag and underwent six operations to try to correct the original wound and stop the fevers and infections that plagued him, without success.
Siden han blev alvorligt såret i 1864 og indtil sin død var han tvunget til at bære en tidlig form for kateter med en pose og gennemgik seks operationer for at forsøge at kurede det oprindelige sår og stoppe den feber og de infektioner som plagede ham, altsammen forgæves.