Stannard, George E. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d2e29122 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: AJ Howell Elizabeth Lorang Stacey Berry Elisabeth Tracey Sarah Synovec The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.)Washington, DCGovernment Printing OfficePart 3Volume 21883892 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion anæsthetic deaths from chloroform shot fracture of ulna removal of loose pieces of bone general anesthesia, chloroform additional proofing of transcription and encoding, identified keyword terms case text extracted and transformed from larger file Enrich Encoding, Edit and validate Validated File initial checking of OCR text; encoded P5 Encoding

CASE 1256.—Private George E. Stannard, Co. G, 14th Connecticut, admitted into Finley Hospital, Washington, with a shot fracture of left ulna, received at Fredericksburg December 31, 1862. Patient was a perfectly healthy, robust man, of lively temperament, rather pale in color. On January 28, 1863, chloroform was administered for the purpose of removing the loose pieces of bone. About two drachms of the anæsthetic were sprinkled on a towel and placed to the nose; in about five or six minutes he came under its influence; the usual struggle came on just preceding complete anæsthesia, when he suddenly ceased to breathe and his pulse failed. Every effort to resuscitate him failed. The history of the case, together with the specimen of the lower extremity of the left ulna, was contributed by Surgeon I. Moses, U. S. V.; the Specimen is numbered 859 of the Surgical Section of the Museum.