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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 148 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 lower third of ileum and entire colon presented patches of ulceration kidneys enlarged and fatty 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 298.—Sergeant Henry Elmer, company F, 16th Pennsylvania cavalry; admitted February 1, 1864, from the army of the Potomac. Chronic diarrhœa. Died, February 20th. Autopsy: Thoracic viscera normal. The liver weighed ninety ounces. The spleen was normal. The duodenum, jejunum, and upper ileum were healthy; the lower third of the ileum and the entire colon were livid, and presented patches of ulceration; the mucous membrane was softened. The kidneys were enlarged and fatty.—Acting Assistant Surgeon J. W. Fitzpatrick.