Title: Statwood, George

Source text: Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861–65.), Part 1, Volume 2 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870), 135.

Keywords:on special wounds and injuries of the headwounds and injuries of the headgunshot woundsgunshot contusions of the cranial bonesgunshot fractures of the external table of the cranium alonefracture of external lamina of occipital near protuberance or semicircular ridgesconoidal ball fractured outer table of occipital protuberancedenuded and carious bone removedgangrenous opening in scalpdisability resulting from woundgangrenegeneral anesthesia, ethergeneral anesthesia, chloroform

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e9904

TEI/XML: med.d1e9904.xml


CASE.—Private George Statwood, Co. K, 4th New Hampshire Volunteers, aged 21 years, was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 4th, 1864, by a conoidal ball which fractured the outer table of the occipital protuberance. He was at once admitted to the hospital of the Eighteenth Corps, thence sent to the Harewood Hospital, Washington, D. C., and on June 16th transferred to the Knight Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut. On July 18th he was sent to the Ward Hospital, Newark, New Jersey. On January 18th, 1865, denuded and carious bone was discovered through a large gangrenous opening in the scalp. The patient was placed under the influence of chloroform and ether, and Acting Assistant Surgeon W. S. Ward, removed the carious bone. Simple dressings were applied and the wound healed rapidly. Statwood was discharged from the service on the 29th of May, 1865, by reason of disability resulting from the wound. He does not appear to have made application for a pension.