Title: Bronson, George W.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 793.

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 measles and pleuro-pneumoniapleural cavity filled with serumlung compressed, covered with lymph

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11323

TEI/XML: med.d1e11323.xml


CASE 90.—Private George W. Bronson, Co. B, 143d Pa.; age 17; was admitted March 17, 1864, with measles and pleuro-pneumonia. He died April 5. Post-mortem examination: The left pleural cavity was filled with serum and the lung compressed, softened and covered with lymph.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.