Post mortem examinations made at Knight U.S.A. Gen. Hospital / by W.C. Minor.

  • William Chester Minor
Date:
1864
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Credit: Post mortem examinations made at Knight U.S.A. Gen. Hospital / by W.C. Minor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    18/86
    PNEUMONIA. Avitopsrj-, -1- lioni's aftci* doatli. *^ Autopsy of Bradford Lewis, a soldier, who died of Typhoid Pneu* monia, made four hours after death, Jan. 17/A, 1864. A. Quite thin and emaciated; mark of a Mister on left side of client; had a fissure of the palate quite broad; said to be con- genital. B. SECTIO CAB A VERIS. 1. There was a good deal of serum eflused betw< ( n the meml ranes of the brain, and its substance was hardened. The ventricles were en- larged; the choroid plexus was pale; there was but little fluid in the ventricles^ aiost having passed out (?) in the removal. The scalp-ftd- hered firmly to the skull and had but little Mood in it. 'I he gyrations were remarkably distinct and the sulci were (he]. --S. There was no effnsipTi beneath the blister under the skin. The pericardium was full of serum \ the riiht auricle somewhat distended. The left lung was adherent behind, and had several abcesses in its sub- stance. The right lung was adl erent »n every tint its anterioi and appeared to have cartilaginous indentations (cicatrices ?) in much of its substance. 3. The liver was rfnorrral size and color; the gall bladder had ap- parently a clearer fluid than ordinary ; the transverse colon was con- tracted to about the width of the lesser intestines. These latter Avcre inflated with air. The left kidney had spots of soft glue colored fat (?) of the size of a pea or bean, and its pelvis was quite filled up. The right kidney was of normal appearance. TYPHOID PNEUMONIA. Autopsy, 1SJ liom-s aftex- cleatli. Autopsy of William Freeman, a colored soldier, who died of typhoid pneumonia, made twelve hours after death, Jan. 2\st, 1864. A. A muscular, well formed negro. E. SECTIO CABA VERIS. 1. Effusion of serum under arachnoid, veins of membranes full of blood. 2. Pericardium held about 1 oz. of fluid. '] be right auricle w*s dis- tended with Mood. Well marked white clots in both right and left sides of heart showing casts of valves, &c. The blood was quite fluid. Right ventricle was large and its walls were thin. Right lung was hepatized in all parts except the anterior edge of the superior lobe and its superior