CASE 129.—Private J. H.
Armidon, Co. I, 49th New York, aged 19
years, was admitted to Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia,
June 21, 1863. Acting Assistant Surgeon M. J. Perry reported: "The patient was received from hospital at
Washington, suffering from diarrhœa. He had previously received a gunshot wound of the leg
at the battle of Antietam. Leg bent almost on to thigh.
The hamstring tendons were cut by Acting Assistant Surgeon T. G. Morton, formerly in charge of the ward. October 30th, leg much straighter; is obliged
to walk with crutches. November 20th, is able to walk about with a cane; leg still a little
bent. December 13th, wound nearly healed; general health good. January 1, 1864, patient returned to duty, cured." Several weeks
afterwards the man entered Augur Hospital, whence he was
discharged for disability, February 10, 1864, Surgeon S. B. Hunt, U. S. V., certifying to "Shell wound
of popliteal space of right leg, received at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, causing
permanent lameness; still discharging." The Washington hospital records show that Armidon was "admitted to Lincoln Hospital on February 27, 1863,
with intermittent fever," and that he "deserted June
20, 1863," but no note was made of the wound. He is not a pensioner.