Title: Hubbard, Russell

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 792.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organspneumoniapost-mortem records of catarrhal caseslobar pneumoniassecondary pneumoniascases associated with the specific poison of measles, presenting little of interest beyond a specification of the appearance and locality of the affected parts of the lungmeaslesadmitted with pneumonia following measlespleural surfaces adherent, sac contained turbid serumlung in third stage of inflammation

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11308

TEI/XML: med.d1e11308.xml


CASE 78.—Private Russell Hubbard, Co. F, 2d Mass.; admitted March 6, 1863, with pneumonia following measles. He was treated at first with one-eighth of a grain of tartar emetic hourly and afterwards with calomel, opium and ipecacuanha, with counter-irritation and nutritious diet. He died April 1. Post-mortem examination: The right pleural surfaces were adherent in front and laterally; the sac contained a pint of turbid serum; the middle and lower lobes of the lung were in the third stage of inflammation; the mucous coat of the bronchial tubes was reddened and thickened. The pericardium contained six ounces of serum.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.