CASE 82.—Private
J. Boner, Co. I, 48th
Pennsylvania, aged 19 years, was wounded at Tolopotomy Creek, May
31, 1864, and admitted to the field hospital of the 2d division, Ninth Corps. Surgeon J. Harris, 7th Rhode Island, noted, "shot flesh wound of both thighs by a minié
ball." Four days after being wounded the man entered Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington. Assistant Surgeon A. Ingram, U. S. A., corroborated the above description of the injury,
and reported the result as follows: "Disorganization of tissue from a deep flesh
wound; hæmorrhage took place on June 10th, from the small vessels, and was
controlled by pressure, but recurred on June 15th, when the femoral artery was
taken up at Scarpa's triangle. This vessel was again ligated, on June 18th, at
Poupart's ligament; hæmorrhage again occurred on the morning of June 22d, when the common iliac was
ligated. The patient died during the day." The report does not show which of the
two limbs was operated on, and diligent search has revealed no additional record
of the particulars of the case.