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CASE 16.—Private Henry K. Eastman, Co. I, 31st Me.; age 18; contracted measles about April 5, 1864, while at Soldiers' Rest, Alexandria, Va.; admitted to Third Division hospital April 23, and transferred to this hospital May 7. Health much impaired; pain in left side; tongue coated; fever; slight dyspnœa; quick pulse; dulnessdullness on percussion and absence of respiratory murmur in posterior and inferior parts of left lung. Gave milk-punch, two ounces, every two hours. 12th: DulnessDullness; crepitation in right lung posteriorly and inferiorly. Gave of sulphate of quinia two grains every three hours; continued milk-punch. 19th; Severe cough; sleeplessness. Added anodynes. 25th: Less dulnessdullness posteriorly, increasing anteriorly in left side; muco-purulent sputasputum. Continued treatment; gave brandy, half an ounce every three hours, instead of milk-punch. June 25th: Physical signs of disease persist. Gave tonics and astringents. July 1: Furloughed. 18th: Transferred to hospital at Augusta, Me. September 28: Returned to duty.—Turner's Lane Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.