Wiggins, Charles a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e19800 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 21870539 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the chest operations on the chest ligations ligations of the subclavian intermediary hæmorrhage from axillary outer third of subclavian artery ligated partial paralysis of arm and hand, limb entirely disabled disability total 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 4.—Private Charles Wiggins, Co. G, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, aged 21 years, was wounded at Petersburg, March 25th, 1865, by a minié ball, which entered one and a half inches below the clavicle, and emerged near the upper third of the axillary border of the scapula. He was admitted to Finley Hospital, at Washington, March 29th. Intermediary hæmorrhage from the axillary occurred; and, on May 7th, the outer third of the right subclavian artery was ligated. He progressed favorably, and was discharged from service on August 3d, 1865. The case is reported by Surgeon G. L. Pancoast, U. S. V. Pension Examining Surgeon M. D. Benedict reports, August 2d, 1865: "musket ball through right shoulder and axilla, resulting in partial paralysis of corresponding arm and hand; limb is entirely disabled at present; will probably improve. Disability total. Duration two years." In 1872, this pensioner's name was still borne on the rolls.