Title: Cilley, J.

Source text: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.), Part 3, Volume 2 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883), 86.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the lower extremitieswounds and injuries of the hip jointshot fractures at the hip jointshot fractures at the hip joint unsuccessfully treated by conservationinvolved parts of joint not indicated

Civil War Washington ID: med.d2e4816

TEI/XML: med.d2e4816.xml


CASE 194.—Private J. Cilley, Co. E, 19th Maine, aged 22 years, was wounded at Petersburg, June 22, 1864, by a conoidal ball. He was taken to the field hospital of the 2d division, Second Corps, where Surgeon J. F. Dyer, 19th Massachusetts, noted: "Shot fracture of the left hip joint." On July 1, 1864, he was admitted into the Carver Hospital, Washington, and he died August 30, 1864. Surgeon O. A. Judson, U. S. V., reports cause of death: "Exhaustion following shot fracture left ilium."