Rogers, Thomas K.a machine readable transcriptionSusan C. LawrenceKenneth M. PriceKenneth J. Winkle2011med.d1e2195Civil War WashingtonUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnCenter for Digital Research in the Humanities319 Love LibraryUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NE 68588-4100cdrh@unlnotes.unl.edu2011
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(1861–65.)Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States
ArmyWashington, D.C.Government Printing OfficePart 1Volume 2187022Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellionwounds and injuries of the headincised and punctured woundsincised fractures of the craniumdepressed skull fracturewounded by sabre-cutsabre-cut over left supra-orbital ridgefractured frontal boneblessedcorrected value of @url on graphiccorrected typo in figure headadded figure encodingadditional proofing of transcription and
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Rogers, Thomas K.,
Private, Co. C, 5th Alabama Infantry,
aged 41 years, was wounded near Petersburg,
Virginia, April 2d, 1865, by
a sabre-cut over the left supra-orbital ridge extending upwards and backwards two
inches, and fracturing the frontal bone. On April 8th, he was admitted to Lincoln
Hospital, Washington. A few days after his admission his photograph was
taken for the collection of Photographs of Surgical Cases of the Army Medical Museum. The picture is No. 6 of
Volume 3 of that series. It is well copied in the right-hand figure of the group in
Plate I. On April 20th, the patient showing symptoms
of compression, Surgeon J. Cooper McKee, U. S. Army, applied the trephine about one
inch above the supra-orbital ridge and elevated the depressed bone. On May 27th, the
patient was recovering rapidly, having manifested no bad symptoms since the removal
of the bone. The large incision in the integument was cicatrizing favorably,
covering the dura mater, so that pulsation was no longer visible. On June 14th, 1865, the patient had
completely recovered, and, upon taking the oath of allegiance, he was released.