Heiser, John a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e17905 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 21870349 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the face gunshot wounds of the face gunshot fractures of the facial bones fractures involving upper and lower maxillæ secondary hæmorrhage common carotid ligated general anesthesia, ether general anesthesia, chloroform 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.—Corporal John Heiser, Co. I, 53d Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged 27 years, received, at the battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 14th, 1864, a gunshot wound of the face. Conoidal ball entered at superciliary ridge of right orbit, passing inwards, and emerged from neck, behind angle of inferior maxilla. When admitted to the Emory Hospital, Washington, on August 17th, 1864, he was feeble, and much exhausted from exposure on the field, and during transportation. On August 25th, bleeding profusely, chloroform and ether were administered, and the right common carotid artery, through an incision about two inches in length, was ligated by Surgeon N. R. Moseley, U. S. V. Cold water dressings were applied, and tonics and stimulants were administered. He died on August 30th, 1864, from exhaustion and constitutional irritability. The case is reported by the operator.