Title: McQuown, William

Source text: Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861–65.), Part 1, Volume 2 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870), 171.

Keywords:on special wounds and injuries of the headwounds and injuries of the headgunshot woundsgunshot contusions of the cranial bonesgunshot fractures of both tables of the skullgunshot fractures of both tables of the cranium with depressionfracture fragments much displaced, caused by pistol ball at short rangedepressed fracture of frontal bonedepression of frontal bone with derangement of functions of brainanchylosis of elbow-jointdischarged on account of disabilities of serious nature resulting from injuries

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e12038

TEI/XML: med.d1e12038.xml


CASE.—Private William McQuown, 1st Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, was admitted to the Armory Square Hospital, Washington, from his company on September 18th, 1864, with a depressed fracture of the frontal bone. The records do not show where or when the injury was received. The patient recovered and was discharged the service October 24th, 1864, on account of anchylosis of the right elbow-joint and fracture and depression of the frontal bone, causing derangement of the functions of the brain. The case is reported by Surgeon D. W. Bliss, U. S. V. The patient made a claim for pension, but it was not allowed for lack of evidence.