Risley, John F. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e10519 Civil War Washington University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Matthew Bosley Elizabeth Lorang Stacey Berry Elisabeth Tracey The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 3 Volume 1 1888 581 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diseases allied to or associated with the paroxysmal and continued fevers cerebro-spinal fever clinical and post-mortem records severe lumbar pain dark rash covered whole body skin with dark-purple rash and petechial spots facial purpura without petechiæ blood thin throughout body peritoneum, mesentery, stomach, and intestines covered with scarlet and dark-red petechial spots ecchymoses on parietal pleura additional proofing of transcription and encoding, edited and added keyword terms additional proofing of transcription and encoding, edited and added keyword terms additional proofing of transcription and encoding additional proofing of transcription and encoding case text extracted and transformed from larger file Encoding and Proofing Initial Checking OCR Text to PDF file,

CASE 100.—Private John F. Risley, Co. B, 50th Ohio; age 24; was admitted Feb. 3, 1865, having been sick for five days. The disease commenced with a chill which lasted an hour and was followed by severe lumbar pain. On admission he had no headache, but pain in the loins was very distressing; he was restless and had a wild expression, a moist and coated tongue, full and rapid pulse, coryza, cough and some oppression of the chest; a dark rash, which disappeared on pressure, was noticed on the surface. Rochelle salt and morphia were administered and dry cups applied, but in the evening he was no better. He was restless during the night. Next day the dark rash covered the whole of the body; the patient was drowsy, his pupils contracted; abdomen tympanitic; respiration difficult. He died comatose before midday. Post-mortem examination: Chest, abdomen and posterior aspect of extremities covered with a dark-purple rash and petechial spots; face presenting purpuric patches but no petechiæ. The blood throughout the body was thin. The veins of the cerebral and spinal membranes were engorged and there was serum beneath the arachnoid; but the substance of the brain and cord was healthy. Ecchymosed spots were found on the parietal pleura and serum tinged with blood in each pleural sac, but the lungs were healthy. The peritoneum, mesentery, stomach and intestines were covered with scarlet and dark-red petechial spots. The liver weighed one hundred and sixteen ounces; the gall-bladder was large and full. The right kidney weighed eleven ounces, the left ten ounces; their capsules and the surrounding connective tissue were ecchymosed.—Douglas Hospital, Washington, D. C.