Title: Royal, T. T.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 737.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organsdiphtheritic inflammation of the fauces, etc.doubtful diphtheritia was constitutional disease from specific poisonadmitted with inflammation of tonsilsdiphtheriacauterizationdiphtheritic exudation extended to glottisglottis ulceratedpericardium contained serumtrachea full of pus

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e10698

TEI/XML: med.d1e10698.xml


CASE 4.—T. T. Royal, prisoner of war; age 14; was admitted May 9, 1864, with inflammation of the tonsils. A chlorate of potash gargle was used and tincture of iron given every three hours. After a time the throat assumed a diphtheritic appearance, when cauterization was employed and stimulants administered. He died on the 25th. Post-mortem examination: The diphtheritic exudation extended as far as the glottis, which was ulcerated; the trachea was full of pus. The pericardium contained a quantity of serum.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.