Title: Ford, Michael

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 813.

Keywords:diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposuresdiseases of the respiratory organspleurisypleurisies of the right sidesordes on teethsharp pain in lower chest, mucous râles generally diffusethe contained fluid was sero-purulentpleural fluid sero-purulentpleura contained serum, pus and lymphserum in pericardiumpost-mortem examinationpleurisy more severe in diaphragmatic portionupper lobe compressed, middle lobe compressed and adherent, lower lobe adherent

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11440

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CASE 21.—Private Michael Ford, 57th N. Y.; age 21; was admitted Feb. 17, 1864: Much prostrated; cheeks dusky; lips livid; tongue coated darkly; sordes on teeth; pulse frequent and quick; respiration abdominal and frequent; could speak only by inspiring at every few words; sharp pain in lower part of right chest; mucous râles generally diffused. He died on the 20th. Post-mortem examination: Left lung healthy; right pleura containing four pints of serum, pus and lymph; right upper lobe compressed; middle lobe compressed and adherent by fibrinous bands; lower lobe closely adherent; lung-substance soft and friable; pleurisy more severe in diaphragmatic portion. Heart healthy; three to four ounces of serum in pericardium.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.