CASE.—Corporal Henry G. Powles,
Co. K, 2d Wisconsin Volunteers, was wounded at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 10th, 1864, by a musket
ball, which entered between the second and third
ribs, passed through the right lung, and emerged
below the right scapula. The wound was
hermetically sealed by Assistant Surgeon B. Howard, U. S. A. On May 14th, he was sent to
Campbell Hospital, Washington, whence he was
transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, April 18th, 1865. He was discharged from service on June
19th, 1865. Pension Examiner P. R. Hoy reports,
February 10th, 1866, "the pensioner suffers from
adhesions and spitting of blood." He re-examined
him on September 11th, 1867, and stated that the
consolidation of the lung and spitting of blood
had steadily increased. The case is reported by
the operator.