Homer, John a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e18416 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 21870406 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the neck gunshot wounds of the neck wounds of the larynx and trachea dyspnœa, apnœa 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 Homer, Co. B, 18th Pennsylvania Volunteers, aged 18 years, was admitted to Douglas Hospital, Washington, June 4th, 1862, having been wounded by a missile which entered immediately below the zygomatic arch, passed downward through the parotid gland into the pharynx, and emerged through the integuments on a level with and one inch external to the thyroid cartilage on the opposite side. June 5th, patient being unable to swallow, and fluids taken into the mouth passing out at the lower orifice, he was nourished by fluids introduced into the stomach through a tube; pus and saliva discharged from wound. June 7th, no grave constitutional symptoms; patient still nourished by means of the stomach tube. June 8th, dyspnœa came on about four in the afternoon, and he died seven hours subsequently from apnœa.