Title: Bussell, Hiram D.

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 diarrhœaboth lungs with small tubercles, some ulceratedliver hypertrophied and fattyjejunum and upper ileum presented patches of ulcerationascending and transverse colon studded with ulcers, descending colon and rectum extensively ulceratedboth kidneys enlarged, abscess near middle of one kidneyautopsy performed

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e40841

TEI/XML: med.d1e40841.xml


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 290.—Private Hiram D. Bussell, company C, 6th Vermont volunteers; admitted October 10, 1863. Chronic diarrhœa. Died, October 15th. Autopsy: Body very much emaciated. Both lungs were studded with small tubercles, some of which had ulcerated. The heart was normal. The liver was slightly hypertrophied and somewhat fatty; gall-bladder distended. Spleen softened, but normal in weight. Stomach and upper portion of duodenum congested. The jejunum was thickened and presented patches of ulceration; the upper portion of the ileum was in the same condition, the lower portion healthy. The ascending and transverse colon were thickened and studded with ulcers; the descending colon and rectum were much thickened and extensively ulcerated. The kidneys were enlarged; near the middle of the right kidney was an abscess of some size.