Title: S——, John

Source text: Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861–65.), Part 1, Volume 2 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870), 253.

Keywords:on special wounds and injuries of the headwounds and injuries of the headgunshot woundsgunshot fractures of the cranial bonesremoval of fragments after gunshot fractures of the skullfatal cases of gunshot fractures of the skull treated by the removal or elevation fragmentstreated by operation, not by formal trephiningextent of injury ascertained with precision, organic alterations accurately observedconoidal musket ball caused depressed fracture of parietal bonemind weak and wanderingportion of depressed bone elevated and removed

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e16406

TEI/XML: med.d1e16406.xml


CASE.—Private John S——, Co. D, 170th New York Volunteers, aged 52 years, was wounded at the battle of North Anna River, Virginia, May 24th, 1864, by a conoidal musket ball, which caused a depressed fracture of the parietal bone. He was admitted into field hospital, 2d division, Second Corps, and thence sent to the Emory Hospital, Washington, May 29th. His mind being weak and wandering, Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V., elevated and removed a portion of depressed bone. Cold water dressings and light compression were applied to the wound. The patient died on June 8th, 1864. The pathological specimen is No. 4726, Sect. I, A. M. M., consisting of eight small fragments of bone, principally from the inner table, the largest being about one-half inch in width and three-fourths of an inch in length, contributed by Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V.