. The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army . to the Army Medical Museum, butonly in four -instances is any portion of the alimentary canal represented, and in these thespecimens do not suffice to solve the doubt with regard to the nature of the disease. Thecases in question are 193, 440, 578 and 721. In case 193 the specimen [No. 618, MedicalSection] is a small portion of the ccecum, with the ileo-coecal valve and two inches of theileum.
. The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army . to the Army Medical Museum, butonly in four -instances is any portion of the alimentary canal represented, and in these thespecimens do not suffice to solve the doubt with regard to the nature of the disease. Thecases in question are 193, 440, 578 and 721. In case 193 the specimen [No. 618, MedicalSection] is a small portion of the ccecum, with the ileo-coecal valve and two inches of theileum. There are several ulcers in the csecum, one of which has perforated. From thecharacters of these ulcers I incline to the opinion that they are of diphtheritic origin; butthe rest of the colon not having been sent to the Museum, and the descriptions beingimperfect, I am uncertain whether the case was one of acute diphtheritic dysentery orwhether the diphtheritic process supervened upon a chronic flux. In case 440 the specimen[No. 44, Medical Section] is a portion of the jejunum showing an invagination. In case578 the specimen [No 478. Medical Section] is a portion of the greater curvature of the. Htliotypt. Jamei R. Os^ COLON WITH IRREGULAR ULCERS. No. 195. MEDICAL SECTION. SECT. ANALYSIS OF AUTOPSKS — UNDETERMINKD CASES. 527 stomach, showing a number of minute ulcers. In case 721 the specimen [No. 53, MedicalSection] is a pedunculated connective-tissue tumor attached to the peritoneal surface of asmall fragment of the ileum. In very many of these cases the large intestine is spoken of as thickened, softened,congested or inflamed. In all of them ulceration is aflirmed to have existed except five,in which it may reasonably be inferred to have been present from the language used, viz:in case 255 the mucous membrane of the intestines was extensively disorganized; in case471 the mucous membrane of the colon was very much disorganized; in case 614 themucous membrane of the co
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