CASE.—Private Charles S. Mattox, Co. H, 12th
Pennsylvania Reserves, aged 20 years, was wounded
at the battle of SpottsylvaniaSpotsylvania Court-house, Virginia, May 10th, 1864, by a conoidal ball,
which fractured and depressed the left parietal
bone. He was brought to the Emory Hospital,
Washington, on the 13th, in an almost senseless
condition. On the 18th, Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V., removed the depressed bone and applied cold water dressings. The patient revived and continued
to improve until the 21st, when he suddenly
relapsed into a comatose condition, and died on
the following day. The history was contributed by
Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V.