Ford, Michael a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e11440 Civil War Washington University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Matthew Bosley Elizabeth Lorang Stacey Berry Elisabeth Tracey The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 3 Volume 1 1888 813 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposures diseases of the respiratory organs pleurisy pleurisies of the right side sordes on teeth sharp pain in lower chest, mucous râles generally diffuse the contained fluid was sero-purulent pleural fluid sero-purulent pleura contained serum, pus and lymph serum in pericardium post-mortem examination pleurisy more severe in diaphragmatic portion upper lobe compressed, middle lobe compressed and adherent, lower lobe adherent additional proofing of transcription and encoding, edited and added keyword terms additional proofing of transcription and encoding case text extracted and transformed from larger file Encoding and Proofing Initial Checking OCR Text to PDF file,

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.