CASE.—Private John Boon, Co. C, 8th Ohio
Volunteers, was wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3d, 1863, by a ball from a
case-shot, which entered one inch below the right
angle of the mouth, and lodged at a point one inch
in front of the angle of the jaw. He was treated
in field hospital until May 9th, when he was
admitted to the Carver Hospital, Washington. There
was a hard and painful swelling over the lower
jaw, near its angle. There was no wound within the
mouth. Fracture of the jaw could be detected. An
abscess formed below the jaw, which was opened on
May 18th, and again on the 20th, allowing the
escape of considerable pus. On May 22d, a bullet
was discovered within the wound, which was removed
with forceps by Acting Assistant Surgeon B. F. Craig. Poultices were applied over the jaw and
wound, and on June 23d, the patient was
transferred to the McClellan Hospital,
Philadelphia, thence on October 24th, to Camp
Dennison, Ohio, where he was treated for syphilis
until November 16th, 1863, when he was returned to
duty. The specimen, showing a spherical leaden
ball somewhat grooved at one portion, with a long
fragment of bone imbedded, was contributed to the
Army Medical Museum by the operator, and is
numbered 809 of the Surgical Section. He is not a
pensioner.