Title: Williams, William H.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 883.

Keywords:on certain local diseasesdiseases of the kidneysadmitted with lumbar pains and gastric irritabilitypleuræ adherent on both sideslungs œdematous and in part collapsedauricles of heart hypertrophied, aortic valves thickened by ossific depositspale albuminous urineliver fatty and disorganizedperitoneum containedc straw-colored serumkidneys enlarged and granular

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e11722

TEI/XML: med.d1e11722.xml


CASE 6.—Private William H. Williams, Co. D, 140th Pa., was admitted Nov. 30, 1864, with lumbar pains and gastric irritability. He was much emaciated; pulse full and intermittent, 144. He was treated with anodynes, astringents, tonics, stimulants, and concentrated food by the mouth and rectum, but without improvement. Died December 18. Post-mortem examination: Pleuræ adherent on both sides; lungs œdematous, in part collapsed; pericardium containing four ounces of straw-colored serum; auricles of heart hypertrophied; aortic valves thickened by ossific deposits; liver disorganized, fatty; spleen healthy; peritoneum containing eighteen ounces of straw-colored serum; intestines congested and inflamed but not ulcerated; left kidney enlarged, weighing sixteen ounces, granular; right kidney in similar condition but not so large; bladder containing six ounces of pale albuminous urine.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.