Catalogue of the Pathological Museum of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary / edited by David Foulis.

Date:
1878
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    CATALOGUE OF PATHOLOGICAL MUSEUM. SERIES I. Osseous System. Dry Preparations. [In Gases A. a7id i?.] 1. Fissure through the right parietal. The trephine has been used immediately above the fissure. 2. Comminuted and depressed fracture of the occipital bone caused by a fall backwards. 8. Fracture of the right side of the frontal bone extending through the temporal into sphenoid (more apparent on inner table). The injury resulted from a fall on the head. The patient survived three months after. Path. Reports, No. 74, 1858. 4. Fracture of calvarium by a blow with a piece of an iron bar. The fractured portions were removed during life, and the patient rallied, but meningitis supervened, and he sank on the fourth day from the receipt of the injury. 5. Fracture of calvarium caused by a fall down a stair. The fracture extended partially across the base and wounded the middle meningeal artery from which a large quantity of blood escaped. 6. Calvarium showing separation of the saggital suture posteriorly and fracture of left parietal bone. A small part of occipital is also fractured. 7. Depressed fracture of calvarium in right posterior parietal region. 8. Fracture of the skull caused by a fall from a height. The >^ fracture extended across the occipital bone into the foramen magnum. 9. Fissure of the external table of calvarium without injury to the internal table.