Warren describes a case of epilepsy of seven months' standing,
from depression of the skull caused by a red hot poker thrown at
the subject's head. Striking the frontal bone just above the
orbit, it entered three inches into the cerebral substance.
Kesteven reports the history of a boy of thirteen who, while
holding a fork in his hand, fell from the top of a load of straw.
One of the prongs entered the head one inch behind and on a line
with the lobe of the left ear and passed upward and slightly
backward to almost its entire length. With some difficulty it was
withdrawn by a fellow workman; the point was bent on itself to
the extent of two inches. The patient lived nine days. Abel and
Colman have reported a case of puncture of the brain with loss of
memory, of which the following extract is an epitome: "A
railway-fireman, thirty-six years old, while carrying an
oil-feeder in his hand, slipped and fell forward, the spout of
the can being driven forcibly into his face. There was transitory
loss of consciousness, followed by twitching and jerking
movements of the limbs, most marked on the left side, the legs
being drawn up and the body bent forward. There was no hemorrhage
from mouth, nose, or ears.
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