CASE.—Corporal Jacob M——, Co. G, 26th Michigan
Volunteers, aged 29 years, was wounded at the
battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3d, 1864, by
a conoidal musket ball, which fractured the right
lower jaw. He was taken to the hospital of the 3d
division, Ninth Corps, and, on June 8th, admitted
to the Emory Hospital, Washington. On June 10th,
Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V., removed several
fragments of bone from the inferior maxilla.
Simple dressings were applied, and, on August 6th,
he was transferred to St. Mary's Hospital,
Detroit, and, on October 14th, to Harper Hospital,
where death resulted on December 7th, 1864, from
wound, complicated with hæmorrhage of the lungs.
The pathological specimen, consisting of seven
pieces of bone, to which a small flattened piece
of the missile is attached, was contributed to the
Army Medical Museum by the operator, and is
numbered 2507 of the Surgical Section.