Leary, Charles a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e11073 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 f the Rebellion Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 3 Volume 1 1888 774 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposures diseases of the respiratory organs pneumonia post-mortem records lobar pneumonias cases fatal by hemorrhage into the pleural cavity admitted with pleuro-pneumonia acute right iliac tenderness submucous and sibilant râles, crepitation in axillary regions, creaking leathery sound posteriorly cough raised blood thorax filled with blood lung nearly gangrenous in places 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 115.—Private Charles Leary, 22d Pa.; age 26; was seized, Sept. 20, 1861, with fever and pain in the chest. 27th: Admitted with pleuro-pneumonia. Pulse 98, strong; skin cool and moist; tongue red at tip, coated grayish-white in centre; stools thin and involuntary; acute right iliac tenderness; slight borborygmus; no tympanites; dry, hacking cough; slight expectoration; submucous and sibilant râles in upper part of lungs, crepitation in axillary regions and a creaking leathery sound posteriorly. 28th: Sleep much interrupted by cough; towards morning raised blood; skin warm, dry; two stools, voluntary; dyspnœa; voice low; some delirium. Evening: Chest very sore; voice whispering; raised much blood; pulse 100, weak; some dyspnœa. While attempting to reach the chair, about twelve feet away, he threw up his arms and fell but was caught and put in bed by an attendant. He breathed a few times with a gurgling sound and died. Post-mortem examination: Thorax filled with blood, left lung in some places nearly gangrenous.—Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, D. C.