Straw, Emmanuel a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e41647 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 199 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 hemorrhoids irritability of stomach unusual jactitation liver unusually large lower lobe of lung adherent to thoracic parietes black pigment on surfaces of lungs mucous membrane of small intestine inflamed throughout whole length colon extensively ulcerated kidneys fatty 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 519.—Private Emmanuel Straw, company I, 58th Pennsylvania volunteers; age 50; admitted from Prince street prison September 24, 1864. Chronic diarrhœa. This case was complicated with hemorrhoids and great irritability of the stomach. An unusual degree of jactitation was noticed during the last week of his life. Died comatose, October 20th. Autopsy eight hours after death: There was an excess of black pigment on the surfaces of the lungs, which were otherwise healthy; the lower lobe of the right lung was adherent to the thoracic parietes. The mucous membrane of the small intestine was inflamed throughout its whole length. The colon was extensively ulcerated. The liver was unusually large, and presented the nutmeg appearance. The kidneys were fatty.

⃰ 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.