Fitzgerald, Mauricea machine readable transcriptionSusan C. LawrenceKenneth M. PriceKenneth J. Winkle2011med.d1e16181Civil War WashingtonUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnCenter for Digital Research in the Humanities319 Love LibraryUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100cdrh@unlnotes.unl.edu2011
The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to
this file, as noted:
Kenneth M. PriceAJ HowellMatthew BosleyElizabeth LorangStacey BerryElisabeth TraceyThe Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion.
(1861–65.)Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States ArmyWashington, D.C.Government Printing OfficePart 1Volume 21870240Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellionon special wounds and injuries of the headwounds and injuries of the headgunshot woundsgunshot fractures of the cranial bonesremoval of fragments after gunshot fractures of the skullrecovered after gunshot fractures of the skullrecovery after removal of fragments of skull for gunshot fractureconoidal ball comminuted and depressed left parietal bone near median linesurvived with disabilities of various degrees, brain more or less seriously
affectednames not placed upon Pension Rollstate of insensibility, unable to articulateunable raise right handtongue inclined to the right side when protrudedable to walk and speak, proper use of all parts of bodygeneral anesthesia, chloroformblessedadded figure encodingadditional proofing of transcription and encoding, edited
and added keyword termsadditional proofing of transcription and encodingcase text extracted and transformed from larger
fileenriched encodingvalidated fileencodedinitial checking of OCR text against PDF; encoded
CASE.—Corporal Maurice
Fitzgerald, Co. E, 28th Massachusetts
Volunteers, aged 25 years, was wounded at Fort Steadman,
Virginia, March 25th, 1865, by a
conoidal ball, which comminuted and depressed the left parietal bone one and a half inches
to the left of the median line. On the following
day, he was taken to the hospital of the 1st division, Second Corps, thence was
conveyed to Washington, and admitted to the
Emory Hospital on the 30th, being in a state of insensibility and unable to
articulate or raise the right hand; his tongue inclined to the right side, when protruded.
His pulse was slow but strong. Being placed under the influence of chloroform on March 31st, Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V.,
enlarged the wound, removing numerous portions of the cranium, with pieces of the ball. On
April 2d, pills of calomel and extract of henbane were administered to produce slight
ptyalism. On April 15th, the patient was able
to walk and speak, and had proper use of all parts of the body. On June 3d, he was transferred to the Mower
Hospital at Philadelphia; thence, on July
24th, was transferred to Massachusetts. The pathological
specimen was contributed, with the history, by Surgeon N. R.
Moseley, U. S. V., and is figured in the
adjacent wood-cut. This soldier was discharged the service, July 22d, 1865. His claim for a pension is pending.