After the tolerance of this foreign
body for some time, one of his companions managed to extract it,
and when it was brought out it was as straight as the day it left
the maker's shop. Little blood was lost, and the wound healed
rapidly and completely; in spite of this major injury the patient
recovered.
Carpenter reports the curious case of an insane man who
deliberately bored holes through his skull, and at different
times, at a point above the ear, he inserted into his brain five
pieces of No. 20 broom wire from 2 1/16 to 6 3/4 inches in
length, a fourpenny nail 2 1/4 inches long, and a needle 1 5/8
inches long. Despite these desperate attempts at suicide he lived
several months, finally accomplishing his purpose by taking an
overdose of morphin. MacQueen has given the history of a man of
thirty-five, who drove one three-inch nail into his forehead,
another close to his occiput, and a third into his vertex an inch
in front and 1/4 inch to the left of the middle line. He had used
a hammer to effect complete penetration, hoping that death would
result from his injuries. He failed in this, as about five weeks
later he was discharged from the Princess Alice Hospital at
Eastbourne, perfectly recovered.
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