CASE 11.—Private Charles Tighe,
Co. F, 56th Massachusetts Volunteers, aged 18
years, received a gunshot wound of the left chest
and arm at Petersburg, Virginia, June 16th, 1864.
The ball entered at the middle of the pectoralis
major of right side, passed through the left
axilla, and emerged at the upper third of the arm,
outer aspect, wounding the axillary artery. He was
at once admitted to the hospital of the 1st
division, Ninth Corps, where simple dressings were
applied to the wound. On the 19th, he was
transferred to Harewood Hospital, Washington. On
July 1st, intermediary hæmorrhage to the amount
of twelve ounces occurred, and on the next day
Surgeon R. B. Bontecou, U. S. V., ligated the
axillary artery. The hæmorrhage did not recur,
but the patient died July 4th, 1864, from exhaustion. The case is reported by the operator.