CASE.—Second Lieutenant Nelson Crockett, Co. A,
55th Ohio Volunteers, aged 37 years, was wounded
at the second battle of Bull Run, August 30th,
1862, by a conoidal ball, which entered the left
side of the inferior maxilla, two inches from the
angle, fracturing it at this point, then passed
across beneath the tongue and emerged on the right
side from the inferior maxilla, fracturing this
also at a point one inch and a half from the
symphysis. He was conveyed to Alexandria, Virginia, and admitted into the 3d division hospital on August 31st, 1862. The fractured portions of the bone were secured at the two
extremities by silver wire, and Barton's apparatus
was applied. The patient was discharged the
service on April 4th, 1863, the union of the bone
being imperfect. The case is reported by Surgeon Edwin Bentley, U. S. V. On April 5th, 1868, Pension Examiner H. Frasse reports "the fracture
is ununited, interfering with the patient's
speech, and disables him from masticating solid
food." He rates his disability total and permanent.