Ballou, Bartlett, Buckner, Capon,
Carmichael, Corban, Maunder and many others, cite instances of
cranial fracture and loss of brain-substance, with subsequent
recovery. Halsted reports the history of a boy of seventeen, who,
while out fowling, had the breech-pin of a shot-gun blown out,
the sharp point striking the forehead in the frontal suture,
crushing the os frontis, destroying 1 3/4 inches of the
longitudinal sinus, and causing severe hemorrhage from both the
longitudinal and frontal sinuses. The pin was pulled out by the
boy, who washed his own face, and lay down; he soon became
semi-comatose, in which condition he remained for some days; but,
after operation, he made complete recovery.
Loss of Brain-substance from Cerebral Tumor.--Koser is accredited
with reporting results of a postmortem held on a young man of
twenty who suffered from a cerebral tumor of considerable
duration. It was stated that, although there was a cavity in the
brain at least five inches in length, the patient, almost up to
the time of death, was possessed of the senses of touch, taste,
hearing, and smell, showed considerable control over his
locomotor muscles, and could talk. In fact, he was practically
discommoded in no other way than by loss of vision, caused by
pressure on the optic centers.
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