Title: Peeples, Robert N.

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 lungadmitted with measlesboth pleural sacs contained serum, lung slightly adherentlower lobe of lung hepatizedpericardium contained excess of serum

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11314

TEI/XML: med.d1e11314.xml


CASE 79.—Private Robert N. Peeples, Co. D, 9th Pa. Cav.; age 18; was admitted March 21, 1864, with measles. He was treated with spirit of nitre, acetate of ammonia, ipecacuanha and morphia, with counter-irritation, milk-punch and extra diet. He died April 2. Post-mortem examination: The right pleural sac contained a half pint of serum, the left nearly a pint; the left lung was slightly adherent, its lower lobe hepatized. The pericardium contained an excess of serum. The liver, kidneys and spleen were healthy.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.