CASE 217.—Recruit John H.
Skillington, 49th Pa.; age 25; was admitted
Sept. 9,
1864, with typhoid fever. He fell into an
unconscious state, and died on the 14th. Post-mortem examination one hour and a half
after death: Slight effusion beneath arachnoid at apex;
three small, flat, strong deposits in anterior part of
posterior commissure in front of pineal gland; a dirty
looking clot in the heart; gray hepatization of posterior
part of upper lobe of right lung and minute red-brown
interlobular infiltrations in posterior part of lower lobe;
liver large; spleen large, dark and hard; kidneys pale;
ileum, near ileo-cæcal valve, showing patches of
congestion and ulcers with thickened and reddened borders;
colon normal.—Third Division
Hospital, Alexandria, Va.