Lower, John a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e11100 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 776 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposures disease of the respiratory organs pneumonia lobar pneumonia post-mortem records abscess or circumscribed disintegration of pulmonary tissue admitted with pain in right side and cough both lungs adherent at apices lung contained several small abscesses lung compressed against anterior wall by large pleuritic effusion additional proofing of transcription and encoding, edited and added keyword terms 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 130.—Private John Lower, Co. C, 178th Ohio, was admitted Feb. 6, 1865, with pain in the right side and cough of several weeks duration. He improved under treatment until March 1, when, having imprudently exposed himself, his symptoms became aggravated; dulnessdullness over greater part of right side. 8th: Delirium; skin yellow. He became steadily weaker and died on the 25th. Post-mortem examination: Right lung adherent at apex and anteriorly, carnified, containing several small abscesses, and compressed against the anterior wall by seventy-five ounces of pleuritic effusion and lymph-flakes; left lung adherent at apex and posteriorly, some hypostatic congestion. Liver congested and with patches of recent lymph on its upper surface.—Douglas Hospital, Washington, D. C.