CASE.—Private
Thomas Prescott, Co. K, 110th
Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged 21 years, was wounded before
Petersburg, Virginia, August 18th,
1864, by a fragment of shell, which fractured the skull at its
posterior portion. He was immediately admitted to the 3d division, Second Corps,
hospital at City Point, Virginia; thence sent to Washington, where he entered
the Finley Hospital on August 27th. On the 1st of September, symptoms of
compression supervened. A careful examination revealed a spicula of bone driven
into the brain substance, also slight depression of the bone upon the side of
the opening. The patient having been placed under the influence of chloroform,
the wound was freely opened and several pieces of bone were removed by Acting Assistant Surgeon F. G. H. Bradford,
relieving the compression. The case progressed favorably, and on the 12th of September the patient was
furloughed. On December 12th, he was admitted to the 3d division, Second Corps,
hospital at City Point, Virginia, and returned to duty on December 21st, 1864. He is not a pensioner. The
case is reported by Surgeon G. L. Pancoast,
U. S. V.