CASE.—Sergeant Borden Joline, Co. G, 1st New
Jersey Cavalry, was wounded near Sulphur Springs,
Virginia, on October 12th, 1863, by a conoidal
ball, which entered the cranium directly over the
right eye, about two inches above the superciliary
ridge. He entered the
Judiciary Square Hospital,
Washington, on the 14th, and was furloughed for
forty days. On March 18th, 1864, he entered Ward
Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, his general health
being good. A small opening still remained at the
wound of entrance, discharging a slight quantity
of pus. There was no swelling, redness, or
inflammation of the parts. On May 3d, Acting
Assistant Surgeon James B. Cutler, made a crucial
incision at the wound of entrance, reflected back
the flaps, and extracted the ball, which was
partially impacted in the skull, and partly in
contact with the substance of the brain. The
missile was very irregular and misshapen. Cold
water was kept applied to the wound, the head was
kept elevated, and strict antiphlogistic treatment
employed. Hernia cerebri formed, three or four
days after the operation, with a profuse discharge from the wound. The hernia was pared off on a
level with the scalp, but, on July 6th, it
reappeared, when slight pressure was applied. By
August 23d, there was no hernia or discharge. The
wound was entirely closed, with no impairment
whatever of the mental faculties, and the patient
was doing remarkably well. On August 26th, 1864,
he was transferred to Trenton, New Jersey, to be
mustered out of service. This man's name is not on
the pension roll.