Surgical observations on injuries of the head; and on miscellaneous subjects / by John Abernethy.

  • John Abernethy
Date:
1810
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Credit: Surgical observations on injuries of the head; and on miscellaneous subjects / by John Abernethy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eighth cafe will ferve as an illuftration of this remark, where it appears that a confiderable hemorrhage mud have taken place before it deprived the patient of his faculties; for he walked home, undreffed himlelf, and went to bed, after the trunk of the middle artery of the dura mater had been ruptured. In cafes of apoplexy alfo, the haemorrhage is generally very large before it produces thole conle- quences which deftroy life. The authorities quoted by Morgagni, as well as his own obfervations, fhew that people may recover from apoplexy even after a confiderable effufion. of blooci nas taken place. But as the records of fuch cafes are not common, and as it appears to me that further confirmation of them would be. highly ufeful, I have obtained permiffion of Mr. Wilfon to mention a remarkable cafe of this kind, which occurred to his notice. A gentleman fell down fuddenly, and le- mained for fome time in that lethargic Hate which is ufual in apople&ic cafes; but after- wards gradually recovered his faculties both of mind and body, and continued to exercife them