Title: Lynn, S. L.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.), Part 2, Volume 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1876), 170.

Keywords:injuries of the abdomenpenetrating wounds of the abdomenwounds of the kidneygunshot woundsshot perforation of chest and abdomenball entered seventh intercostal space anteriorly, passed backward and downward through lung, diaphragm, liver, and kidney, emerged near second lumbar vertebradifficult breathing, profuse discharge of bilious matter, and bloody urineskin surface icteroid

Civil War Washington ID: med.d2e31684

TEI/XML: med.d2e31684.xml


CASE 450.—Sergeant S. L. Lynn, 7th New Jersey, received a shot perforation of the chest and abdomen, November 6, 1864. First treated at the Second Corps hospital; he was transferred to Armory Square, at Washington, where Acting Assistant Surgeon T. H. Stewart states that the ball, entering the right seventh intercostal space anteriorly, passed backward and downward through the lung, diaphragm, liver, and kidney, "as was indicated by the difficult breathing, profuse discharge of bilious matter, and bloody urine," and emerged to the right of the second lumbar vertebra. The surface was icteroid. Death, December 15, 1864.