Ramsey, Reuben a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e16982 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 285 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the head trephining after gunshot fractures of the skull recovery sufficient to resume military duties 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 Reuben Ramsey, Co. H, 93d Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged 21 years, was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3d, 1863, by a conoidal ball, which fractured and depressed the left parietal bone to the extent of a ten-cent piece, about one inch above and one and a half inches anterior to ear. On the 9th. he was admitted into Harewood Hospital, Washington, where Acting Assistant Surgeon O. D. Brooks applied the trephine, and removed the depressed portions of hone. Cold water dressings were applied to the wound, and by June 22d he had so far recovered as to be able to go home on furlough. He was returned to duty on August 26th, 1863, entirely recovered. He is not a pensioner. The case is reported by the operator. Acting Assistant Surgeon O. D. Brooks.