E——, Augustus a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e16439 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 254 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 fragment of shell fractured anterior superior angle of right parietal bone spiculæ of bone removed 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 Augustus E——, Co. D. 20th Maine Volunteers, aged 20 years, was wounded at the battle of SpottsylvaniaSpotsylvania, Virginia, May 12th, 1864, by a fragment of shell, which fractured the anterior superior angle of the right parietal bone. He was admitted into Stanton Hospital, Washington, on the 20th, where spiculæ of bone were removed. Ice dressings were applied, and tonics and stimulants administered. The patient sank rapidly, and died on May 24th, 1864, from exhaustion. The pathological specimen is No. 2679, Sect. I, A. M. M. A section of cranium, with six fragments of bone. The opening in the parietal measures one and three-fourth inches from right to left, and half an inch antero-posteriorly. The shape of the opening is very unusual, being nearly that of a rectangle. The specimen and history were contributed by Assistant Surgeon George A. Mursick, U. S. V.