Title: Verberson, John

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Volume 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888), 383.

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 implicatedtyphoid feverpleuritic adhesions, emphysema of both lungscongestion and ulceration of Peyer's patches, congestion of cæcumenlargement of liver

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e9045

TEI/XML: med.d1e9045.xml


CASE 170.—Private John Verberson, Co. B, 35th Mass.; age 33; was admitted Nov. 30, 1864, convalescing from typhoid fever. He was much debilitated and had a severe diarrhœa. He died December 16. Post-mortem examination ten hours after death: Sudamina on legs and breast; slight suggillation posteriorly. Some pleuritic adhesions on the right side; emphysema of both lungs; puckering of middle lobe of right lung; three ounces of pale serum in pericardium; enlargement of liver; congestion and in some places ulceration of Peyer's patches; congestion of cæcum.—Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.