Title: Bentley, P. T.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 769.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organspneumoniapost-mortem recordslobar pneumoniasassociated with pericarditis.extreme dyspnœalung connected with thoracic parietes by thick lymphlung coated with reticulated lymph, compressed against mediastinumadmitted with chest pain, hurried respiration, and rusty sputasputumheart adhered to pericardiummesenteric glands enlarged

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e10997

TEI/XML: med.d1e10997.xml


CASE 72.—Serg't P. T. Bentley, Co. M, 1st Mich. Cav.; age 23; was admitted Oct. 29, 1864, with fever, cough, pain in the chest, hurried respiration and rusty sputa​. A cathartic was administered, followed by small doses of tartar emetic and afterwards by calomel, opium and ipecacuanha; a blister was applied to the chest. He appeared to improve until November 9, when he had a chill followed by a renewal of all the symptoms. He again improved apparently until the 20th, when extreme dyspnœa set in and he sank rapidly, dying on the 22d. Post-mortem examination: The right lung was connected with the thoracic parietes by thick layers of lymph in which serum was sacculated; the left was coated with reticulated lymph and compressed against the mediastinum by an accumulation of pale serum. The heart adhered to the pericardium, the apex only being free. [Specimen 454, Med. Sec., Army Medical Museum.] The liver presented the nutmeg appearance; the spleen was large and its trabeculæ distinct: the mesenteric glands enlarged. The remaining viscera were normal.—Act. Ass't Surgeon W. C. Minor, Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.