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Kenneth M. PriceMatthew 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 21870247Medical 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 skullfatal cases of gunshot fractures of the skull treated by the removal or elevation fragmentstreated by operation, not by formal trephiningextent of injury ascertained with precision, organic alterations accurately observedconoidal ball fractured and depressed posterior portion of both tables of right parietal boneball split from apex to centre, found impacted on edge of fractureball removed on battlefieldsoft parts extensively laceratedright middle lobe of brain in suppurating conditiongeneral anesthesia, chloroformautopsy performedextravasation of blood within cranium caused rapid fatal termination of severalblessedadded 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.—Private William B——, Co. G, 8th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, aged 18 years, was wounded
in an engagement at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August
14th, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which fractured
and depressed the posterior portion of both tables
of the right parietal bone. The ball, which was
split from apex to centre, was found impacted on
the edge of the fracture and was removed on the
field. He was admitted, on the following day, to
the hospital of the 2d division, Cavalry Corps,
and thence conveyed to Washington, where he
entered the Emory Hospital, August 17th. Cold
water dressings were applied, the head kept cool
by constant application of iced water, and low
diet ordered. On the morning of the 20th, there
were symptoms of compression; pulse 88, slow and
soft. Chloroform was administered and Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V., removed five small fragments
of bone which had become detached, and elevated
the depressed bone. The soft parts were quite
extensively lacerated. A strictly antiphlogistic
course of treatment was established, and the
patient remained comfortable until the evening of
the 23d, when febrile symptoms of a severe
character occurred; death supervened on August
25th, 1864. An autopsy showed extensive
disorganization of the brain; the middle lobe of
right hemisphere was in a suppurating condition,
and the diseased action had extended as far back
as the base of the brain. The pathological
specimen is shown in the wood-cut, and was
contributed by the operator, Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V.