CASE.—Private Willard P——, Co. I, 120th New
York Volunteers, aged 18 years, was wounded near
Hatcher's Run, Virginia, March 25th, 1865, by a
conoidal ball, which fractured and depressed the
right parietal bone near the sagittal suture. He
was, on the same day, taken to the hospital of the
3d division, Second Corps, and thence conveyed to
Washington, and admitted to the Emory Hospital, on
the 5th of April. On the following day, he was
placed under the influence of chloroform, and
Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V., trephined and
elevated the fractured portion of the parietal
bone. Cold water dressings and compresses were
applied, enemas administered, and nutritious diet
ordered. On the 13th, the patient was apparently
doing well, but death supervened on April 17th,
1865, from exhaustion. The pathological specimen
is No. 4074, and shows a disc and two fragments of
bone from the right parietal. The fragments are
chiefly from the inner table, and include one-half
square inch of surface. The specimen and history
were contributed by Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V.