Title: Richardson, O. J.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 382.

Keywords:the continued feverspost-mortem records of continued feverscases reported as typhoid fever, the clinical history insufficient or absentPeyer's patches ulcerated and the large intestine also implicatedgangrene of feetadmitted comatosesudamina on breast and abdomenPeyer's glands enlarged and ulceratedsolitary glands of large intestine enlarged and ulceratedmesenteric glands enlarged

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e8822

TEI/XML: med.d1e8822.xml


CASE 163.—Private O. J. Richardson, Co. C, 108th N. Y., was admitted Nov. 23, 1863, in a comatose condition; pulse 120, just perceptible; tongue dry and fissured; breast and abdomen covered with sudamina and feet and legs cold. Stimulants were freely given and warmth applied to the feet. He died on the 27th. Post-mortem examination thirteen hours after death: Much emaciation; feet becoming gangrenous. Lungs, heart and spleen normal; Peyer's glands enlarged and ulcerated; solitary glands of large intestine enlarged and ulcerated; mesenteric glands enlarged.—Act. Ass't Surg. W. H. Letterman, Douglas Hospital, Washington, D. C.