Schweitzer, Ludwig a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e12509 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. (1861–65.) Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office Part 1 Volume 2 1870 176 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion on special wounds and injuries of the head wounds and injuries of the head gunshot wounds gunshot contusions of the cranial bones gunshot fractures of both tables of the skull gunshot fractures of both tables of the cranium with depression gunshot depressed fractures of cranial bones followed by epilepsy conoidal musket ball fractured portion of frontal bone constant pain, vertigo upon exertion, epileptiform convulsions epileptiform convulsions disability total and permanent 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 enriched encoding validated file encoded initial checking of OCR text against PDF; encoded

CASE.—Corporal Ludwig Schweitzer, Co. E, 12th New Jersey Volunteers, aged 23 years, was wounded before Petersburg, Virginia, October 20th, 1864, by a conoidal musket ball which fractured a portion of the frontal bone on the right side. He was sent to the hospital of the 2d division, Second Corps. On the 22d was sent to the depot field hospital at City Point, and on December 15th was transferred to Washington, D. C., and admitted on the following day into the Finley Hospital. The treatment so far as recorded was expectant. On the 5th of March, 1865, the patient was transferred to the hospital at Beverly, New Jersey, thence was sent on the 5th of April to the White Hall Hospital, Bristol, Pennsylvania, and was discharged the service May 17th, 1865, and pensioned, his disability being rated total and permanent. Subsequent information shows that the patient suffered constant pain, vertigo upon slight exertion, and epileptiform convulsions.