Title: Six, William

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 794.

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 measleslungs congested and firmly adherentbronchial tubes filled with brownish-white mucus

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11331

TEI/XML: med.d1e11331.xml


CASE 100.—Private William Six, Co. D, 174th Ohio; age 18; admitted Feb. 6, 1865, with measles. Died 14th. Post-mortem examination: The lungs were congested and firmly adherent; the bronchial tubes filled with brownish-white mucus. The left ventricle of the heart contained a firm clot. The liver was normal; the peritoneal covering of the intestines congested.—Stanton Hospital, Washington, D. C.