Title: C——, William H.

Source text: Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861–65.), Part 1, Volume 2 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870), 439.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the spinegunshot wounds of the spinefractures of the dorsal vertebrægunshot fractures of the eighth dorsal vertebrafracture of fifth ribfracture of inferior eighth dorsal vertebrafracture of superior ninth dorsal vertebraball lodged in spinal canalabscess between lung and thoracic parietescomplete paraplegiaparalysis of both bladder and rectumball entered at spine of scapula, lodged in the spinal canalfractured fifth rib, inferior eighth dorsal vertebra and lamina of spinous process, and articular process of ninth dorsal vertebra

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e18801

TEI/XML: med.d1e18801.xml


CASE.—Private William H. C——, Co. H, 14th New York Artillery, aged 20 years, was wounded at Spottsylvania​, Virginia, May 18th, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which entered at the spine of the right scapula, passed inward, fractured the fifth rib, the inferior part of the eighth dorsal vertebra, the lamina of the process, and superior articular process of the ninth dorsal vertebra, and lodged in the spinal canal. He was treated until May 26th, when he was sent to Douglas Hospital, Washington. When admitted, there was complete paraplegia and paralysis of both bladder and rectum. An abscess formed between the lung and thoracic parietes, which contained about six ounces of pus. He died on May 27th, 1864. The pathological specimen is No. 3530, Section I, A. M. M., and was contributed by Assistant Surgeon W. Thomson, U. S. A.