Horton, Joseph a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e18962 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 21870455 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the spine operations ligations secondary hæmorrhage occurred from occipital artery ligation of occipital artery ball lodged in first dorsal vertebra gunshot wound of the hand 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.—Ligation of Occipital Artery.—Private Joseph Horton, Co. D, 57th Massachusetts Volunteers, aged 23 years, was wounded at North Anna, May 18th, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which entered the external ear, and passing inward and downward, lodged in the first dorsal vertebra. He also received a gunshot wound of the right hand. He was conveyed to the field hospital of the Ninth Corps, where the thumb and forefinger were amputated. On May 24th, he was transferred to Harewood Hospital, Washington. Secondary hæmorrhage occurred from the right occipital artery on May 31st; the artery was ligated by Surgeon R. B. Bontecou, U. S. V., on the same day. The hæmorrhage recurred on June 2d, when re-ligation was performed. Death resulted in about three hours after the second operation. The case is taken from the Harewood Hospital reports.