S——, Edward a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e16400 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: Kenneth Winkle AJ Howell 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 253 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 fatal cases of gunshot fractures of the skull treated by the removal or elevation fragments treated by operation, not by formal trephining extent of injury ascertained with precision, organic alterations accurately observed conoidal ball fractured occipital bone above left extremity of superior curved line ball extracted from left lateral sinus symptoms of compression of brain with mental derangement blessed added figure encoding 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.—Private Edward S——, Co. L, 11th Vermont Volunteers, aged 18 years, was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3d, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which fractured the occipital bone, just above the left extremity of the superior curved line. He was conveyed to Washington, and on the 10th, admitted into Emory Hospital. On the 11th, Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V., extracted the ball from the left lateral sinus, removed spiculæ of bone, and elevated the depressed portions. Well marked symptoms of compression of the brain existed, with great mental derangement, and the patient was comatose most of the time. Sponges were introduced into the wound to control hæmorrhage, and cold water dressings were applied. A temporary improvement took place, but death ensued on June 18th, 1864. The pathological specimens are shown in the wood-cuts. The opening in the occipital bone, from which fragments have been removed, measures one and a half inches horizontally and one inch in width; the posterior part of the edge shows marks of having been cut away by the bone gouge forceps. There is no fissuring. The surrounding portions of the inner table show marks of diseased action. The specimen was contributed by Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V.

FIG. 120.—Section of cranium fractured by musket ball. Spec. 2565, Sect. I, A. M. M.
FIG. 121.—Split ball and fragments of cranium. Spec. 4964, Sect. I, A.M. M. [Nat. size.]