Gilbert, A. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e18286 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 21870378 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the face plastic operations cheiloplastic operations gunshot wounds of the face fracture of upper maxilla 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 A. Gilbert, Co. B, 126th Ohio Volunteers, aged 24 years, was wounded at the Wilderness, May 12th, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which entered the left side of the face at a point corresponding to the body of the malar bone, passed inward and forward, and emerged at symphysis of superior maxilla. He was treated in field hospital until May 16th, when he was sent to Lincoln Hospital, Washington, where simple dressings were applied. The wound healed rapidly, leaving an opening through the upper lip. On May 28th, he was transferred to Mower Hospital, Philadelphia. On October 5th, Dr. Morton closed the opening in the upper lip by taking a flap of tissue from the left side of the face and making union as for hare-lip. Water dressings were applied. Gilbert was discharged from service May 27th, 1865.