Title: Dwyer, Freeman

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 788.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organspneumoniapost-mortem records of catarrhal caseslobar pneumoniassecondary pneumoniasbroncho-pneumonia from syphilisunconnected with the eruptive feversyphilitic laryngitis possible point of departure of fatal pneumoniaadmitted with gonorrheadied of syphilisdura mater at base inflamedglottis œdematousmucous membrane of larynx and trachea inflamed, extended to gangrenous patches in bronchiolesright lung hepatized gray, left lung hepatized redmucous membrane of œsophagus inflamed, ulcerated, gangrenous patchesileum congested and ulceratedliver, spleen, and kidneys enlarged

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11256

TEI/XML: med.d1e11256.xml


CASE 33.—Private Freeman Dwyer, Co. D, 11th Vt.; age 33; admitted Nov. 21, 1864, with gonorrhœa. Furloughed December 26. Returned Jan. 22, 1865. Died March 14, of syphilis. Post-mortem examination: Slight circular discolorations on body and limbs. Dura mater at base slightly inflamed; small serous effusion in ventricles. Nares and pharynx normal; glottis œdematous; mucous membrane of larynx and trachea thickened and inflamed, this condition extending into the bronchioles, where were some small gangrenous patches. Right lung, thirty ounces, hepatized gray except in a small portion of the upper lobe; left lung, twenty ounces, hepatized red in adjacent portions of each lobe. Mucous membrane of œsophagus inflamed, ulcerated in patches, gangrenous in its lower part; cardiac end of stomach somewhat inflamed; ileum congested and ulcerated; mesenteric glands and large intestine healthy. Liver, spleen and kidneys enlarged.—Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C.