Rogers, Thomas K. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e2195 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: Kenneth Winkle AJ Howell 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 22 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 depressed skull fracture wounded by sabre-cut sabre-cut over left supra-orbital ridge fractured frontal bone blessed corrected value of @url on graphic corrected typo in figure head added figure encoding 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

Rogers, Thomas K., Private, Co. C, 5th Alabama Infantry, aged 41 years, was wounded near Petersburg, Virginia, April 2d, 1865, by a sabre-cut over the left supra-orbital ridge extending upwards and backwards two inches, and fracturing the frontal bone. On April 8th, he was admitted to Lincoln Hospital, Washington. A few days after his admission his photograph was taken for the collection of Photographs of Surgical Cases of the Army Medical Museum. The picture is No. 6 of Volume 3 of that series. It is well copied in the right-hand figure of the group in Plate I. On April 20th, the patient showing symptoms of compression, Surgeon J. Cooper McKee, U. S. Army, applied the trephine about one inch above the supra-orbital ridge and elevated the depressed bone. On May 27th, the patient was recovering rapidly, having manifested no bad symptoms since the removal of the bone. The large incision in the integument was cicatrizing favorably, covering the dura mater, so that pulsation was no longer visible. On June 14th, 1865, the patient had completely recovered, and, upon taking the oath of allegiance, he was released.

PLATE I, facing p. 4. SABRE WOUNDS OF THE HEAD. Private T. K. Rogers. 5th Ala. (Rebel) Inf.