CASE.—Private Jerome Dickerson, Co. B, 179th
New York Volunteers, was wounded in the engagement
near the Weldon Railroad, Virginia, June 17th, 1864, by a conoidal ball. He was at once admitted to the hospital of the 1st division, Ninth Corps, and on July 1st was sent to the Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington. The injury was treated as a
slight scalp wound, and on July 20th the patient
was sent to Mower Hospital, Philadelphia, where it
was discovered that the frontal bone was fractured
near its eminence. Small pieces of bone were
removed at various times. He recovered, was
returned to duty on December 5th, 1864, and
discharged the service June 8th, 1865, and
pensioned. On April 2d, 1866, Pension Examiner H. W. Nye stated that the patient suffers from pain,
giddiness, and partial loss of sight of right eye.
The patient also deposed that he was unable to
labor in the summer, on account of dizziness and
frequent pain in the head.