Catalogue of the medical section of the United States Army Medical Museum / prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, by J.J. Woodward.

  • Woodward Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Catalogue of the medical section of the United States Army Medical Museum / prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, by J.J. Woodward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bi Atrophy. IVo. 746. Spleen, extremely small, weighing half an ounce. B. 1. H. N., colored, age 21. Admitted, December Kith, 1865. Diagnosis—pleurisy. Died, February, 26th, 1866. Autopsy forty hours after death: Height five feet ten inches, weight about one hundred and fifty pounds; rigor mortis partial; both lungs adherent posteriorly, coated anteriorly with thick yellow lymph, which also lined the pleura costalis; an ounce of serum in each pleural cavity; pericardium contained six ounces of clear serum; heart large and fatty, fibrinous clot in right auricle; liver large, its surface bronzed, reddish-brown on section; spleen very small; kidneys fatty; slight thickening of Peyer's patches in lower portion of ileum. From Freedman's Hospital, Washington, D. C. Autopsy by Hospital Steward S. S. Bond. No. 712. Atrophied spleen, weighing about two ounces. B. 2. Private N. D., C, 8th U. S. Colored, mulatto. Was attacked by scurvy two weeks after landing at Brazos, Texas. Had sore mouth, swelled legs, and a few sores on legs ; these symptoms were much improved by the use of the American aloe, till October 1st, when diarrhoea set in. November 1st, 1864, was admitted to my ward; he was weak, confined to bed, and had eight to twelve evacuations daily. 25th, seemed to be failing; discharges few; appetite poor; pains in back, hips, arms, wrists and neck; abdomen tender on slight touch, but bore pressure; pulse 68; mouth and throat dry and bluish. Died, December 7th. Autopsy: Emaciation; abdomen flat; extreme attenuation of pulmonary and aortic valves ; spleen weighed less than two ounces, of a red color; the last fifteen inches of ileum narrow, only three-fourths of an inch in diameter; mucous membrane thickened and red; caput coli pale; ascending colon slightly dilated; remainder of large intestine contracted to about an inch in diameter; mucous membrane of a bluish tinge, no signs of ulceration; mesenteric glands enlarged. Contributed by Assistant Surgeon Ira Perry, 9th U. S. Colored, Post Hospital, Brownsville, Texas. D. Diseases of capsule. No. 55. Spleen, on the surface of which are the remains of numerous peritoneal adhesions. D. 1. See 56, chap. IV., sec. 3, L. 39, fur history. No. 71©. Spleen, slightly enlarged, with thickened capsule and peritoneal adhesions. D. 2. Private S. S., D, 19th U. S. Colored. Landed at Brazos, Texas, in July, 1865, suffering from scurvy in a mild form, which gradually increased in intensity. August 10th, gums turgid, almost covering teeth, bled easily. During October these symptoms of scurvy disappeared. 29th, admitted with chronic diarrhoea, which continued, checked at intervals, with occasional bloody stools ; poor appetite ; thirst. Died suddenly, November 27th. Autopsy: Aortic valves very much attenuated; abdomen contained four ounces of reddish serum; peritoneum thickened, completely adherent to abdominal parietes ; liver, stomach, spleen, bowels, kidneys and bladder formed one semi-solid mass, the adhesions interspersed with white roundish tubercles one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch in diameter; gall-bladder contained half an ounce of bile ; kidneys enlarged one-third and flaccid ; mesenteric glands eularged ; no ulceration of intestines. Contributed by Assistant Surgeon Ira Perry, 9th U. S. Colored, Post Hospital, Brownsville, Texas. No. '782. Spleen, presenting several puckered cicatrices, especially on its convex surface. D. 3. B., mulatto. Died, April 8th, 1866. Autopsy: Anasarca; a number of osteophytes in pacchionian granulations; two ounces of serum in right pleural cavity, six ounces in left; pericardium adherent to heart, firm white clots in ventricles; nutmeg liver; spleen light slate-color, with several cicatrix-like depressions; kidneys fatty; Peyer's patches thickened, one or two of them ulcerated; solitary follicles of ileum enlarged. From Freedman's Hospital, Washington, D. C. Autopsy by Hospital Steward S. S. Bond. No. 584. D. 4. Small portion of spleen, presenting on the surface a calcareous plate of irregular oval shape, and about half an inch in transverse diameter. Si, 5,-:), rhup. 1 , .sir. I, K. I. fur history