Wounds of the brain : an essay read by appointment before the Luzerne county Medical Society at Wilkes-Barre, Jan'y 14, 1885 / by J.B. Crawford. Published by request of the society.

  • Crawford, John Barclay, 1828-1894.
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1885
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Credit: Wounds of the brain : an essay read by appointment before the Luzerne county Medical Society at Wilkes-Barre, Jan'y 14, 1885 / by J.B. Crawford. Published by request of the society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTES. Note i.—Otis. Med. and Surg. Hist. War of Rebellion, pt. i, surg. b., pg. 65. Thirteen cases of deaths reported from concussion of brain. Note ii.—Ifi/d, pg 68. Fractures of/ronfa/ bones, resulted . . . 22 cases: 10 died, 6 discharged, 5 returned to duty. Parietal, 33 cases: 15 died, 12 discharged, 4 returned to duty, 2 unknown. Temporal, 7 cases: 6 died, i discharged. Occipital. All died. Base of skitll, 11 cases. All died. Note hi.—J. A Liddell. Am. J. Med. Sciences, April, 1882. Sixty-three cases of fracture of inner table of skull without external fracture: .Seven cases recovered, six of -these were trephined —in one necrosis of external table occurred—56 ended fatally Noi'E IV. — Stromcyer claims to be able to correctly diagnose and to locate fractures of inner table of skull by percussing with a silver probe over the suspected section. Notk v. — Fenger. Am. J. Med. Sci., July, 1884. Aspirated abscess in frontal lobe 2^ inches from surface—entered needle in several directions before finding abscess—recovery. NdTI', V!. —Med & S. II. W. R , p't. i, pg. 276. Operation by Dr. Bliss-recovery. Notk v;l — ibid — V'g. 196, et seq. N;r!'|.. V!i:. —,'^w/ ]?6 wounds of cranial cavitv loi fatal—85 casc-T of removal of missile witli .13 iccoverics. 101 cases in which projcctik was not removed, 59 fatal and 42 more or less completely rc'.ovcred. Noil'. 1 ; - Dr. II, D. Noyes. (Am. J. Med. Sciences, July, 1884,) removed breecli pin of gun .\ /-if^ Inches long, }4 inch wide, fiorn nose ocIhl aii'i b ain, in wiiii h it had remained five months without producing serious disturbance. //'iJ, pg. 59. Dr. Daniel liurr reported case in which tube and nipple of gun were carried in