The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-26
"E1traortlinary surgle al operatlon.r

Untlor this head wo iud in tho Anderson q. CO.
IptcRiqrncer, Of Wednesday, m account OF an in
tcrcsting caso operated upon by DR.. THOMAS A.
EyINs, OF Anderson, assisted by Prof. +. It, MuRs,
Of this city, md four other physicians. Tho fol-
lowing aro tho notes wo find in tho Inte0igenoer:
Private George L. sohrimp, Co. G, Palmetto
Sharp Shooters, g. G. ", twcnty-ny yoars OF age,
hQatl md vigorous constitution, was wounded in
tho second battlo ct Manassas, w., on tho S0th
Of August, 1862, by nn ounce hal from spherical
casc Tho ball perforated oil cloth folded around
q small tcnt fly and tho bolt Of bis cartridge box,
entering about ON inch to tho loft of tho spine
and about two inchcS @ below the laat rib and pSne;
tho o a y aG
hosa oh St whore ho rSmsneS
until tho Goth Of October, whom he obtained fur
Tough and eamo to big homo in Anderson District;
March, 1863, roportol for duty, and sorvod to tho
close OF tho war-was present at tho stlrronder OF
Gen, Lees army ut Appomattox, on tho 9th day OF
April 1865 nt which tii9o he returned to hiH home,
where no has boen actively engaged in farming,
| suffering no inconyenienco from his wound up to
tho 2stG Of May, 1867, on which day ho ,4as plow-
ing in the fold. when hp felt soH ,t4ing, drop
somewhere in his abdomen. He was impSdiately
seized with yolont irritation Of tho bladder. anu
great pain md difficulty in Yoiding urino. Ho was
consult mo: Aftor dotailing, the symptoms, told
| ho tile informed mo Of the T0un1, tof which
WAS not previously nwaro>, and showed mo the
ejcatrice whero tho ball entered. I then gave
tho opinion II was tho ball in tho bladder sound
cd Tho bladder III presouco Of DR.. A. Evins and
Immediately struck the ball. On tho Sd OF August
performed tho lateral operation, (usual opera
lion nf iithotomy}, and extracted an ounce ball
slightly qattened on ono side, and coyerod witt
minute shining orystals Of phosphate o. limo
about ono-sixth OF tho circumiaFeDce OF tho bal
wns covered with thick deposit Of tho sama salt
How lid tho ball got into tho bladder2 II cor
tainy was not In tho blnddor, that is fruo In the
cavity Of that viscus proyions to the 2ash Of May
whom ho felt It distinctly drop, and up 10 .ghiot
tin,p it's proscnco In that organ was not manifes0t
by single one OF tho uaual symptoms. II coul,
not have penetrated ut tho timo OF receiving Ith
wound, or thore would haye been extrayesation @
urno into tho cavity Of tho abdomen, which woul,
hayo boon necessarily mortal. Tho only rationn
explanation iB, that tho ball perforated tho oAtor
a nal coats, pushing tho informal before, wthou
producing any solution OF continuity in that coat
Thus proyontinR any escape OF urine until tn
outer coats uni ed and closed tho opening. TIL
ball was suspended In tho interior OF the bladdo
= by tho inyagnnted ipucus momhrano for nearl
fivo years. until by ls weight It probably pIoduce
ABSORPTION OF tho thin and delicate mombrano, an
wearing its way gradually through by attrition III
y iii Il droppod into the bladder,
Tho deposit on tho ball shows that o portion
: tho ball MAS exposed to tho urine long bofore
: dropped into tho bladder