CASE.—Private Elisha K. DeForest, Co. K, 86th
New York Volunteers, received, at
Chancellorsville, May 3d, 1863, a gunshot wound.
The missile entered the upper lip, passed through
the tongue, and emerged from the middle of the
sternocleidomastoid muscle, at its external
border. He was, on May 4th, admitted to the
hospital of the 2d division, Third Corps, and on
the 6th transferred to Washington, and on May 8th
admitted into the Mount Pleasant Hospital. Half
diet was ordered, and the patient enjoined to keep
quiet, and his head elevated. On May 12th
secondary hæmorrhage occurred suddenly, after
walking across the ward, and the patient died in a
few minutes, May 12th, 1863. The autopsy showed
that a part of the common carotid artery had been
destroyed by the ball. The case is reported by
Assistant Surgeon C. A. McCall, U. S. A.