Brown, William a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e17403 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 ArmyWashington, D.C.Government Printing OfficePart 1 Volume 21870326 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the face gunshot wounds of the face gunshot wounds of the orbit gunshot wounds of the eye eye destroyed phthisis pulmonalis total blindness 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 William Brown, Co. D, 119th Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged 24 years, was wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which entered the right temple two inches from the orbit, and emerged through the right eyeball. He was admitted to hospital 1st division, Sixth Corps; on June 11th, transferred to Campbell Hospital, Washington, and on July 23d, sent to Satterlee HospitaL, whence he was discharged June 28th, 1865. The right eye was totally destroyed, and the sight of the left eye was lost. In March, 1868, he was a pensioner at $25 per month, his disability being rated total and permanent. Dr. J. A. McArthur reports that Brown was under his care at Soldiers Home, Philadelphia, until January 27th, 1869, when he died of phthisis pulmonalis. At the time of his death, he suffered from total blindness.