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Title: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part II, Volume I. (2nd Medical volume)
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office
Subjects: Civil War military medicine Medicine, Military -- History United States Medical care United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical and sanitary affairs
Publisher: Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine
Contributing Library: U.S. Army Medical Museum

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positof lymph, which, however, was so soft that it was torn during the examination, thus making the communication complete.The mitral valves were somewhat thickened and rough; the aortic valves large but healthy; the aorta slightly atheromatous.The pericardium was firmly adherent to nearly the whole surface of the heart and could be removed with difficulty. The apicesof both lungs contained oalcareous deposits and other indications of obsolete tubercle. The mucous membrane of the colon wassomewhat softened ; its solitary follicles all prominent and distinct, with a central spot of black pigment in each ; just aroundeach follicle was an areola of black pigment. The other organs were healthy. Acting Assistant Surgeon David L. Haight.The specimens were forwarded to the Museum by Assistant Surgeon Win. F. Norris, U. S. A. Nos. 5-16 and 547, Medical Section, Army Medical Museum, are from this case. No.546 is the heart and a portion of the aorta, presenting the aneurism above described. No.
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1 around ih* jolit.i terj SECT. IV.) MORBID ANATOMY. 309 547 is a portion of the descending colon, in which, by transmitted light, a few of thesolitary follicles can still be discerned in the alcoholic preparation as opaque spots; mostof them, however, have become invisible to the naked eye. The chromo-lithograph facing page 308 i3 from a water-color drawing representingthe appearances presented by this piece of colon in the recent state; in the lettering ofthe plate the word dysentery has been erroneously used. The surface of the mucousmembrane is salmon-colored, with greenish streaks due to diffuse pigment deposit. Inmany places the vessels can be discerned as delicate red arborizations. Each of the solitaryglands is marked by a central dot of pigment surrounded by a little pigment ring. Nos.642 to 650, Microscopical Section, are a series of perpendicular cuts of this colon, andwill be described further on. It will be observed that in this case the diarrhoea from which the patient h

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