Pearl, Richard H. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e15078 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 217 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 fractures of the cranial bones removal of fragments after gunshot fractures of the skull exfoliation and removal of necrosed or detached fragments of cranial bones after gunshot injuries recovered, slight disabilities, returned to duty conoidal musket ball fractured right temporal bone vertigo with exertion or stooping loss of memory, pains back of orbits loss of substance occurred at outer edge of right orbit conjunctiva of left eye injected, pupil dilated, power of sight diminished 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 Richard H. Pearl, Co. B, 31st Maine Volunteers, aged 20 years, was wounded at the battle of Petersburg, Virginia, June 28th, 1864, by a conoidal musket ball, which fractured the right temporal bone. He was admitted to the hospital of the 2d division, Ninth Corps, on the same day, where several pieces of bone were removed. Thence he was conveyed by hospital steamer to Washington, and admitted into the Carver Hospital on July 5th. On the 18th, he was transferred to Blackwell's Island, New York Harbor, and in September, sent to Augusta, Maine. He recovered and was returned to duty on February 4th, 1865. He was discharged June 6th, 1865, and pensioned, his disability being rated total and permanent. Pension Examining Surgeon S. Willey, St. Paul, Minnesota, under date June 24th, 1868, reports that the outer edge of the right orbit, where loss of substance occurred, is unhealthy, red, and painful. The conjunctiva of the left eye is injected, the pupil dilated, and the power of sight diminished. Exertion or stooping causes vertigo. There had been temporary loss of memory and frequent pains back of the orbits.