Chester, Peter a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e18972 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 21870458 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the spine operations removal of fragments of vertebræ disability total and permanent loss of power in arms fractured spine of fourth dorsal vertebra 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 Peter Chester, Co. K, 6th Maine Volunteers, aged 22 years, was wounded on November 7th, 1863, by a conoidal ball, which entered over the fourth dorsal vertebra and fracturing its spine passed upward toward the right shoulder, and lodged. There was also a flesh wound of the middle third of the left thigh. He was sent to Washington, and, on November 9th, was admitted into the Stanton Hospital. There was inflammatory fever, with a quick pulse, and the wounds suppurated freely. Simple dressings were applied; anodynes and stimulants were administered, and a full diet was allowed. On November 13th, some pieces of the spine of the vertebra were removed from the wound. By November 19th, the patient was free from pain, and the wound was healing. On January 5th, the ball was extracted from under the edge of the trapezius muscle by counter incision. The patient was returned to duty on April 24th, 1864. He is a pensioner. Pension Examiner T. A. Foster reports, May 18th, 1866, that there is loss of power in arms. His disability is rated total and permanent.