Cruiser, Curtis a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d1e41749 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 dysentery old pleuritic adhesions colon mucous membrane coated with pseudomembrane colon thickened, patches of pseudomembrane with follicular ulcers 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 542.—Private Curtis Cruiser, company K, 195th Ohio volunteers; age 19; admitted from his regiment October 10, 1865. Chronic dysentery. [This man appears on the hospital register of his regiment as under treatment for diarrhœa July 1st, August 19th, September 18th, and September 25th.] The evacuations being frequent, painful and scanty, camphor and opium pills were ordered, with a milk diet. October 13th: Had a chill last evening, followed by fever. To take five grains of quinine three times daily; laudanum enemata; brandy. October 14th: Is worse. To take an opium pill every four hours; brandy-punch every two hours. Died, October 15th. Autopsy: There were old pleuritic adhesions on both sides, but the lungs were healthy. The liver and spleen were normal. The colon was thickened, its mucous membrane coated with pseudomembrane.—Surgeon Edwin Bentley, U. S. V. [No. 668, Medical Section, Army Medical Museum, is from this case. The specimen is a portion of the colon thickened and presenting patches of pseudomembrane with many minute follicular ulcers.]