CASE.—Private Calvin Forest, Co. G, 8th North
Carolina Infantry, aged 18 years, was wounded at
the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, May 31st, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which entered one inch
above the left zygomatic process, passed through
the left orbit, destroying the eye, and emerged
from the inner wall of the right orbit, carrying
with it the right eye. He was admitted into the general
field hospital on June 2d, and on the 10th he was
transferred to the Lincoln Hospital, Washington,
in a delirious condition. Erysipelas had attacked
the wounds, and he suffered considerably. Five
spiculæ of bone were removed daily. Simple
dressings were used. Tonics were administered. The
wounds gradually healed. There was a loss of the
senses of taste and smell; but that of taste
became almost entirely restored. He was
transferred to the Old Capital Prison, for
exchange, on October 1st, 1864. Surgeon J. Cooper McKee, U. S. A., reports the case.