Title: Nugent, Thomas

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.), Part 2, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1879), 147.

Keywords:diarrhœa and dysenteryfatal cases of diarrhœa and dysentery, with accounts of the morbid appearances observedfrom the Harewood Hospital, Washington, D. C.chronic diarrhœaone lung contained large tubercular masses in upper lobeother lung a mass of tubercles, presented large cavitiesliver fattylower ileum congested, presented small ulcerscæcum ulceratedascending colon congested, remainder of colon thickened and ulcerated, rectum studded with ulcersautopsy performed

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e40840

TEI/XML: med.d1e40840.xml


Case from the case-book and medical descriptive lists of the HAREWOOD HOSPITAL, Washington, D. C., Surgeon Thomas Antisell, U. S. V., in charge from October, 1862, to September, 1863; Surgeon Reed B. Bontecou, U. S. V., for the rest of the time:


CASE 289.—Private Thomas Nugent, 33d company, 2d battalion, Invalid Corps; admitted September 15, 1863. Chronic diarrhœa. Died, October 14th. Autopsy: Body much emaciated. The right lung contained several large tubercular masses in its upper lobe; lower lobes healthy; the left lung was a mass of tubercles, and presented several large cavities. Heart normal. The liver was fatty, and weighed about seventy-five ounces; the gall-bladder was distended. The spleen weighed fourteen ounces. The anterior portion of the stomach was congested. The duodenum was healthy; the jejunum slightly congested; the upper portion of the ileum much congested, the middle portion slightly so; the lower portion was much congested and presented several small ulcers. The cæcum was ulcerated; the ascending colon congested and thickened in patches; the remainder of the colon thickened and ulcerated; the rectum studded with ulcers. The kidneys were healthy.