Title: Barker, William

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 768.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organspneumoniapost-mortem recordslobar pneumoniascases showing maximum weight of consolidated lunguniversal adhesion of lungsdyspnœa, crepitation of chest superiorly, dulnessdullness, puerile respirationbronchial glands enlargedupper and lower lobes of lung completely hepatized

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e10982

TEI/XML: med.d1e10982.xml


CASE 68.—Private William Barker, Co. I, 123d Ind.; age 43; admitted Feb. 4, 1865: Distressing dyspnœa; large crepitation on right side of chest superiorly and but little sound at all inferiorly, with dulness​ over all; puerile respiration, with slight resonance on left side. Died 10th. Post-mortem examination: Universal adhesion of lungs; right lung seventy-three ounces, its upper and lower lobes completely hepatized, middle lobe unaffected; left lung congested; bronchial glands enlarged. Other organs healthy.—Douglas Hospital, Washington, D. C.