These symptoms, together with those of congestion of the
lung, continued for about a week, when he died, apparently from
his pulmonary trouble.
Ford quotes the case of a lad of fifteen who was shot in the
head, 3/4 inch anterior to the summit of the right ear, the ball
escaping through the left os frontis, 1 1/4 inch above the center
of the brow. Recovery ensued, with a cicatrix on the forehead,
through which the pulsations of the brain could be distinctly
seen. The senses were not at all deteriorated.
Richardson tells of a soldier who was struck by a Minie ball on
the left temporal bone; the missile passed out through the left
frontal bone 1/2 inch to the left of the middle of the forehead.
He was only stunned, and twenty- four hours later his intellect
was undisturbed. There was no operation; free suppuration with
discharges of fragments of skull and broken-down substance ensued
for four weeks, when the wounds closed kindly, and recovery
followed.
Angle records the case of a cowboy who was shot by a comrade in
mistake. The ball entered the skull beneath the left mastoid
process and passed out of the right eye. The man recovered.
Rice describes the case of a boy of fourteen who was shot in the
head, the ball directly traversing the brain substance, some of
which protruded from the wound.
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