Wilkins, Joseph a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e41589 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 The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.) Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 2 Volume 1 1879 197-198 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 Third Division of the Alexandria Hospital, Virginia chronic diarrhœa lungs extensively inflamed, pleural sacs contained fluid mucous membrane of large intestine inflamed and ulcerated gall-bladder distended with bile autopsy performed copied case from MSHWR, added proofing of transcription and encoding, identified keyword terms and figures

Case from the case-book of the THIRD DIVISION of the ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL, Surgeon Edwin Bentley, U. S. V., in charge:⃰

CASE 504.—Private Joseph Wilkins, company C, 97th New York volunteers; age 23; admitted July 2, 1864. Chronic diarrhœa. [This man appears on the hospital register of his regiment, admitted December 9, 1863—diarrhœa—returned to duty December 16th; admitted March 24, 1864—chronic diarrhœa—returned to duty April 8th; admitted April 14th—diarrhœa—returned to duty April 16th; admitted April 25th—diarrhœa—returned to duty April 28th; admitted June 10th—diarrhœa—sent to division hospital June 11th. He appears on the register of the hospital of the 3d Division, 5th Corps, admitted June 12th—diarrhœa—sent to corps hospital June 21st. He is borne on the register of the depot hospital of the 5th Corps, City Point, Virginia, admitted June 24th—sent to general hospital July 1st.] Died, July 23d. Autopsy six hours after death: Both lungs were extensively inflamed; the pleural sacs contained about half a pint of fluid. The heart and liver were normal; the gall-bladder was distended with bile. The mucous membrane of the large intestine was extensively inflamed and ulcerated.

⃰ It is to be regretted that, in most instances, the records of this hospital do not show by whom the autopsies were made. It is known that many of them were made by Surgeon Bentley himself, or under his immediate supervision, but it is only possible to distinguish these from the others in a few cases.