...urse I refused, the more decidedly as the poor fellow had been crying out continually for drink, and, resting upon my arm, had already nearly exhausted the canteen of its contents. In a few moments Dr Eliason came up, and, having examined the wound, said to me, Major, this man is mortally wounded, but what you have taken for delirium is nothing more than a very deep state of intoxication, which had comme...