A Peculiar Medical Case in the
2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company L
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The following account appeared in the Cleveland Press on June
4, 1898.
The Account:
Second O.V.I. [Ohio Volunteer Infantry]
by B. L. M.
"Second Regiment O. V. I., Chickamauga Park,
Ga., [Camp Thomas], June 3, - A peculiar case came before the surgeons
of the Second regiment, Wednesday, and one that puzzled them
considerably for awhile. Private Bowser, of Company L reported at the
hospital, suffering from intense pain in his head. An examination
revealed hundreds of maggots in his right ear. Bowser said that the day
before a fly crawled into his ear, and was there about two hours before
it could be removed. The case was treated with chloroform..."
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