. 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 . ots of the firstkind were found in the right side of the heart only in cases 226, 338, 354, 362, 429, 630and 779; in the left side only in case 340, and in both sides in cases 197, 204, 270, 344,369, 372, 373, 679 and 867. Mixed clots were found in the right side in cases 357 and 894;in both sides in case 143. In case 205 fibrinous clots were found in the rig-ht side and blackones in the left;
. 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 . ots of the firstkind were found in the right side of the heart only in cases 226, 338, 354, 362, 429, 630and 779; in the left side only in case 340, and in both sides in cases 197, 204, 270, 344,369, 372, 373, 679 and 867. Mixed clots were found in the right side in cases 357 and 894;in both sides in case 143. In case 205 fibrinous clots were found in the rig-ht side and blackones in the left; in case 346 fibrinous clots were found in the right side and mixed ones inthe left; in case 516 fibrinous in the left and mixed in the right. The fibrinous clots inthe cardiac cavities extended into the pulmonary artery in cases 197, 362, 369 and 372;into both pulmonary artery and aorta in case 373. In case 841 there were large clots inthe right side of the heart extending into the pulmonary vessels; a small clot in the leftventricle; but the nature of these clots is not exjtlieilly stated. In case 160 the heartcontained no clots, but yellow clots occupied the arch of the aorta and the pulmonary. Heliotype. James K Osgood &* Co., Boston. COLON, WITH CICATRICES OF IC03. MEDICAL SECTION. [fnlarced one-half.] /. SECT. .MOl;l;ID ANATOMY. 459 arteries. The significance of clots such as these will be when the subject againcomes up in a subsequent portion of this section in connection with tlie autopsies in casesof chronic flux. Abdominal organs.—The liver is spoken of as congested in some half dozen cases, inas many more it is said to have been soft or softened; it is also spoken of in a few cases asanajmic or as pale. It is said to have been fatty in cases 161, 197, 226, 242, 302, 309,344, 358, 382 and 750; and from the description given was probably also fatty in cases338 and 340. In case 94 the liver was a good example of the so-called
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