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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 817 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposures diseases of the respiratory organs pleurisy pleurisy of the left side pus contained in the pleura had exit through opening in sixth intercostal space purulent matter in pericardial sac, which was roughened on its serous surface. friction sounds heard over the heart pericardium contained purulent liquid pericardium and heart covered with lymph post-mortem examination admitted as case of pneumonia dyspnœa, cough attended with expectoration of glairy mucus œdema of limbs dulnessdullness over left side lung abscess pointed in sixth intercostal space, discharged two quarts of pus lung adherent anteriorly, coated with pseudomembrane posteriorly lung partly collapsed by pus which escaped through perforation in chest-wall lung abscess perforated through chest-wall 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 39.—Private George W. Benton, Co. F, 14th N. Y. Heavy Art'y; age 18; was admitted Dec. 27, 1864, as a case of pneumonia. He improved and was considered convalescent on Jan. 25, 1865; but on February 20 he was again taken with fever, pain in the left side and cough, which became increased during the course of the following day, when friction sounds were heard over the heart. The pain was less severe on the 22d, but the patient had some headache and œdema of the limbs. He had been treated with acetate of ammonia and sweet spirit of nitre; but on this day blue-pill with bicarbonate of soda was prescribed. Dyspnœa and cough were troublesome on the 23d, the latter being attended with an expectoration of glairy mucus. Tartar emetic, brandy and beef-tea were prescribed. The pain was much aggravated on the 25th and there was dulnessdullness over the left side. A blister was applied. An abscess pointed March 6, in the sixth intercostal space; it was opened on the 8th and discharged two quarts of pus. The patient died on the 12th. Post-mortem examination: The left lung was adherent anteriorly and coated with pseudomembrane posteriorly; it was partly collapsed by the pus which had escaped through the perforation in the chest-wall. Between the fourth and fifth ribs pus had found its way through the intercostal muscles but had not reached the skin. The pericardium contained some purulent liquid, and both pericardium and heart were covered with tough layers of yellow lymph. [Specimen No. 521, Med. Sec., Army Medical Museum, shows the lung with the perforation through the chest-wall.]—Act. Ass't Surgeon W. H. Combs, Emory Hospital, Washington, D. C.