Henning, Henry a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e40838 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 Alyssa Olson The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.) Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 2 Volume 1 1879 147 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion diarrhœa and dysentery fatal cases of diarrhœa and dysentery, with accounts of the morbid appearances observed from the Harewood Hospital, Washington, D. C. chronic diarrhœa ileum and ascending and transverse colon congested old ulcer at junction of transverse and descending colon cyst under surface of kidney filled with cheesy matter interior of suprarenal capsules was grumous mass resembling decomposed blood autopsy performed additional proofing of transcription and encoding, identified keyword terms case text extracted and transformed from larger file enrich encoding, proof and edit encoding and editing

Case from the case-book and medical descriptive lists of the HAREWOOD HOSPITAL, Washington, D. C., Surgeon Reed B. Bontecou, U. S. V., in charge:

CASE 288.—Private Henry Henning, 1st Virginia battery; admitted October 10, 1863. Chronic diarrhœa. Died, October 13th. Autopsy the same day: Body slightly emaciated. The upper lobe of the right lung was somewhat adherent; the left lung pale but healthy. The pericardium contained three ounces of serous fluid; the heart was normal. the ileum somewhat congested throughout. The ascending and transverse colon somewhat congested and thickened; and old ulcer was observed at the junction of the transverse and descending colon. The rectum was contracted and thickened; its mucous membrane softened and greenish, but not ulcerated. The kidneys were much congested; weight nine ounces each; on the under surface of the left kidney was a cyst about an inch in diameter filled with cheesy matter. The interior of the suprarenal capsules was occupied by a grumous mass resembling decomposed blood.