M——, Charles F. a machine readable transcription Susan C. Lawrence Kenneth M. Price Kenneth J. Winkle 2011 med.d2e31532 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: Kenneth Winkle Matthew Bosley Kourtney Klein The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.) Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 2 Volume 2 1876 134 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion injuries of the abdomen penetrating wounds of the abdomen wounds of the liver gunshot wounds fatal shot wounds of the liver entered posteriorly between eleventh and twelfth ribs, emerged anteriorly between ninth and tenth ribs collapse from internal hæmorrhage great lobe of liver torn, kidney severed, portion of transverse colon torn away abdominal cavity filled with blood shot while resisting sentinel blessed added figure encoding copied case from MSHWR, added proofing of transcription and encoding, identified keyword terms

CASE 457.—Private Charles F. M——, Co. E, 19th Veteran Reserve Corps, was shot, at Sherburne Barracks, April 15, 1864, while resisting a sentinel. The charge entered posteriorly, between the eleventh and twelfth ribs, and emerged anteriorly, between the ninth and tenth. There was collapse from internal hæmorrhage, and the patient died in eleven hours from the reception of the injury. Cold external applications and free internal stimulation constituted the treatment. At the autopsy, the great lobe of the liver was found much torn, a large piece being separated; the right kidney was severed, and a portion of the transverse colon was torn away. The abdominal cavity was completely filled with blood. The specimen, with notes of the case, were contributed by Acting Assistant Surgeon Daniel Weisel, and has been already noted and figured in the Catalogue of the Surgical Section of the Army Medical Museum, 1865, page 487.

FIG. 105.—Section of right lobe of liver lacerated by a musket ball and buckshot. Spec. 2213. [Reduced to one-fourth.]