McClusky, James C. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e15936 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 229 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 recovered after gunshot fractures of the skull epilepsy conoidal musket ball produced comminuted fracture of both tables of right frontal bone, and lodged portion of os frontis pressed upon brain state of insensibility for several days 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 James C. McClusky, Co. D, 115th Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged 56 years, was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3d, 1863, by a conoidal musket ball, which produced a comminuted fracture of both tables of the frontal bone, right side, and lodged. The missile and a portion of the os frontis, an inch in diameter, which was pressing upon the brain, were removed three days subsequently in the field hospital. He was sent to the Harewood Hospital, Washington, on the 15th, where he remained until the 23d, when he was transferred to the Satterlee Hospital in Philadelphia. For a while he improved steadily, but about the 1st of August, began to sink into a state of insensibility, in which he remained several days. He rallied, however, made a rapid recovery and was discharged from service on the 23d of October, 1863. In January, 1868, his disability was rated total and permanent. The case is reported by Surgeon I. I. Hayes, U. S. V. On January 27th, 1864, Pension Examiner John Lowman reports this man to be subject to epilepsy, and rates his disability total and permanent.