Catalogue of the Pathological Museum of St. George's Hospital / edited by John W. Ogle and Timothy Holmes.
- St. George's Hospital (London, England). Pathological Museum.
- Date:
- 1866
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Catalogue of the Pathological Museum of St. George's Hospital / edited by John W. Ogle and Timothy Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![taken from the body of Richard P., who was admitted in a state of insensibility, having fallen from a considerable height. The left pupil acted but slightly, the right not at all; tlie right extremities were paralysed; there was bleeding from the nose, and the right eye was protruded from the orbit by an extensive extravasation of blood, which could be discerned through the upper eyelid and underneath the conjunctiva. Convulsions came on in the left extremities soon after his admission. He lived but a few hours after the accident. Post Mortem and Case Book. 1842. p. 52. 25. Fracture through the middle Fossae of the Base of the Skull. The fracture commenced on the right side, in the parietal bone, about an inch from the occipito-parietal suture ; it ran forwards for about an inch and then turned downwards, passing through the mastoid portion of the temporal bone, through the external auditory foramen, the spheuo-temporal suture, and the junction of the body of the sphenoid with the basilar portion of the occipital bone; it then took almost the same direction upwards on the left side, and terminated in the left parietal bone, rather lower, and further forwards than on the right side. When the skull-cap was removed, the anterior half of the base readily moved on the posterior. The patient from whom this preparation was taken, was brought to the Flospital dead, a cart-wheel having passed over his head. Post Mortem and Case Book. 1847. P-^44- 26. Fracture through the middle Fossa of the Base of the Skull. The fracture commenced at the posterior inferior angle of the parietal bone, and passed obliquely downwards through the mas- toid portion of the temporal bone, and through the cavity of the tympanum, into the suture connecting the petrous portion of the temporal bone with the spinous process of the sphenoid. The patient, Philip B., aged 37, was admitted July 27th, 1835, with a scal]3 wound, denuding the posterior and inferior part of the left parietal bone, and with epileptic fits immediately following the blow. Pie left the Hospital on August 5th, apparently going on well, but was re-admitted ou the 27th, with suppuration from the meatus auditorius, rigors, pcrsj^ira- tions, and delirium. He was trephiued over the exposed bone on September 3rd, the instrument taking in tlie end of a fracture. The dura mater was found healthy. He died on the 6th of September. Presented by CiESAii Haw- kins, Esq. 27. Fracture through the middle Fossa of the Base of the Skull. lu the preparation, a fracture is seen passing downwards botwcen the squamous and mastoid portions of the left temporal bono, across the roof of the tympanum, and (he upper wall of the external meatus, through the middle of the petrous](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24758292_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
