Title: Roach, John

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 213.

Keywords:continued feversclinical recordstypho-malarial and typhoid feverstypho-malarial fever

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e1319

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CASE 4.—Private John Roach, Co. C, 26th Pa. Vols.; age 16; was admitted Oct. 9, 1863, with typho-malarial fever. He complained of weakness, loss of appetite, pains in the back and limbs and fever at night; his pulse was feeble, tongue coated and bowels regular. He was able to be up on the 15th, and was returned to duty on the 27th. Treatment consisted of tonics, quinine and milk diet.—J. P. Rossiter, Act. Ass't Surg., U. S. A., 2d Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.