Gold, Edward W. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e11564 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 848 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposures other diseases attributed to exposure congestion and inflammation of the spinal membranes history of injury to spine, proximate or immediate cause was evidently subsequent exposure to vicissitudes and inclemencies of weather attack was beginning of permanent disability from loss of power in affected limbs and tremors, which were recorded as paralysis agitans injured by mule in small of back passed blood per rectum abscess of hand, arm became swollen nervous debility paralysis agitans paraplegia legs and arms tremulous and powerless, arm atrophied frequent pains in small of back and cramps below knees, chiefly at night additional proofing of transcription and encoding, edited and added keyword terms 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 10.—Private Edward W. Gold, Co. F, 90th Pa. Vols.; age 33; enlisted July, 1863. In November following he was hurt by a mule in the small of the back, and passed blood per rectum freely for two days after the injury; but at the end of two weeks he was returned to duty. Soon after this he woke one night chilled and wet by a leak in the roof of his quarters. He was confined to bed for several days with loss of power but not of sensation in his legs. Gradually power returned and he became able to walk with aid. In February, 1864, he had an abscess in his right hand, during the progress of which the arm became swollen, and after the closure of the wound made for the discharge of matter the fingers continued flexed. At this time his legs again became weak, and he was sent to Lincoln hospital, Washington. He was exposed to cold in the cars for eleven hours and to a heavy rain-shower during his conveyance in an ambulance to the hospital. For some time after admission his condition did not improve, but later he began to recover power over his legs. He was transferred to Satterlee hospital, Philadelphia, on May 3.—diagnosis: nervous debility, and on the 31st to Turner's Lane. The records of the latter hospital report the patient on July as having frequent pains in the small of his back and cramps below the knees, chiefly at night; sensation was not materially altered, but the legs and arms were tremulous and powerless, the right arm being in addition considerably atrophied. On August 3 it was stated that the patient was able to walk for the first time since falling into this paralytic condition. On November 21 he was discharged because of paralysis agitans and paraplegia.