Phillips, John P. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e41733 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 203 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 upper lobes of both lungs and lower lobe of left contained tubercular deposits but no cavities mucous membrane of intestines inflamed mesenteric glands enlarged 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 538.—Private John P. Phillips, company K, 42d Indiana volunteers; age 28; admitted from regimental hospital May 24, 1865. Chronic diarrhœa. The patient was much emaciated and greatly prostrated. Treatment: Astringents, camphor, opium and ipecacuanha. Died, June 12th. Autopsy twelve hours after death: The upper lobes of both lungs and the lower lobe of the left contained tubercular deposits, but there were no cavities. The liver was of a fawn-color. The mucous membrane of the intestines was inflamed. The mesenteric glands were enlarged.

⃰ 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.