Godsmark, George A. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e2048 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 Army Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office Part 1 Volume 2 1870 18-19 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the head incised and punctured wounds incised fractures of the cranium Sabre-cut with fracture of parietal bone defective hearing additional proofing of transcription and encoding 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

GODSMARK, GEORGE A., Private, Co. F, 7th Michigan Cavalry, aged 19 years. Sabre-cut of the right parietal region, four inches in length, with partial fracture of the bone. Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863. Admitted to Harewood Hospital, Washington, July 24th, where a spiculæ of bone, one inch in length, was removed. August 18th, the patient was much improved, and the wound was nearly healed. The intellect at times was dull and impaired, with defective hearing. Returned to duty November 11th, 1863.