Israel Spotts, Hospital Number 20, 606

Creator:

Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified

Published/Created:

Washington, D.C.
1865

Physical Description:

7.5 in. x 5.5 in. (approximate) oval mounted on 11 in. x 9 in. board

Notes:

Israel Spotts.
Hospital Number 20,606
Israel Spotts, Corp'l, Co. G, 200th Pa. Vols., aged 24, was admitted to Harewood U.S.A. Gen'l Hospital, April 5th, 1865, suffering from gunshot wound of back, dorsal region, ball entered the chest opposite the fourth dorsal vertebræ, between the spine and scapula. Wounded, March 25th, 1865, at the battle of Petersburgh, Va. On admission, the condition of injured parts and constitutional state of patient were good; did very well for a while, wound healing kindly, but towards the early part of the month of May the chest became enormously distended with effusion, harassing cough, anxiety of countenance, oppressed breathing and symptoms of empyema. An operation being necessary to relieve the patient paracentesis thoracis was performed by Surg. R. B. Bontecou, U.S. Vols., May 9th, 1865, by freely opening the chest at right posterior and lateral aspect, between eighth and ninth ribs, and about six pints of sanious pus removed, no anæsthetic used; the patient felt at once relieved, did remarkably well after the operation; was doing well and in tolerably good condition when he deserted from this hospital, May 28th, 1865. Treatment in this case was simple dressings, anodynes and supporting throughout.
Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,
R. B. BONTECOU,
Surgeon U.S. Vols., In Charge.

Topics:

Back—Wounds and injuries—Surgery
Medical photography—patients
Medical photography—United States—19th century
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical and sanitary affairs

Topics:

Washington, D.C

Topics:

Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907
Harewood General Hospital
Israel Spotts, Hospital Number 20, 606
Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907

Language:

English

Genre:

Albumen Print

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Source Title:

Binder's Title: Gunshot Wounds Illustrated

Yale Collection:

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Digital Collection:

Civil War Medical Photographs

oid pointer:

15831165

OID:

15831164

PID:

digcoll:2835121

Number of Pages: 2