Cole, John T. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e17418 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 21870327 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 orbital region gunshot wounds of the eye disability pension 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 John T. Cole, Co. A, 10th Vermont Volunteers, aged 24 years, was wounded at Petersburg, April 2d, 1865, by a conoidal ball, which entered just above the left zygoma, passed through the orbit, and emerged through the outer and upper portion of the right orbital structure, destroying both eyes. He was, on the following day, admitted to the depot field hospital at City Point; on April 7th, sent to theLincoln Hospital, Washington, and, on May 26th, transferred to the Sloan Hospital, Montpelier, Vermont. At this time the wound of entrance had healed and the general health of the patient was good, but lying on the left side would cause headache; the sense of smell was entirely destroyed. Cold water dressings were applied; during the treatment, small pieces of bone were taken from the wound of entrance. Otherwise the case progressed well, and, on June 12th, 1865, Cole was discharged from service and pensioned at $25 per month