Title: Robinson, Charles

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 212.

Keywords:clinical recordscontinued feverscommon continued fever

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e1243

TEI/XML: med.d1e1243.xml


CASE 3.—Private Charles Robinson, Co. I, 137th N. Y. Vols.; age 21; was taken while in camp, June 7, 1863, with continued fever of a mild type. On admission on the 17th he complained of severe headache, and his tongue was slightly brown in the centre and red on the edges. On the 21st he had diarrhœa; but was convalescent on the 26th, and returned to duty July 6. He was treated with diaphoretics, opiates and astringents.—Act. Ass't Surg. Benjamin Wilson, U. S. A., 3d Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.