Title: Slone, Lewis H.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 776.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organspneumoniapost-mortem recordslobar pneumoniascases terminated in abscess or circumscrihed disintegration of the pulmonary tissueadmitted with bronchitissputasputum had bad odorlung universally adherent and livid-red color, resembled spleenlung abscess of gangrenous appearance, contained fetid pusliver fatty

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11106

TEI/XML: med.d1e11106.xml


CASE 131.—Private Lewis H. Slone, Co. H, 8th Mich., was admitted July 24, 1864, from City Point hospital, Va., with bronchitis. The sputa​ had a bad odor. He died August 16. Post-mortem examination: Larynx, heart and left lung healthy. Right lung universally adherent and of a livid-red color; its lower lobe very soft in texture, resembling the spleen; a portion of the lobe occupied by an abscess of gangrenous appearance containing about six ounces of fetid pus. Liver fatty; spleen firm; kidneys normal.—Fairfax Seminary Hospital, Va.