A curious case of spontaneously resolving closed “jigsaw” depressed skull fracture in an adolescent

Case of Compound Depressed Fracture of Skull

perature 99*8?; one copious stool. 13tli.?Temperature 98-2?. 14th.?Temperature (J8*4?, wound suppurated, feels better. 4 P. M. temperature 99-2?. 15th.?Temperature 98-4? ; sits up in bed, looks cheerful. 4 P. M. temperature 103?, had slight shivering. Kith.?Temperature 100-8?, some swelling and tension?on the left side of the wound, could not sleep last night. 4 p. m. temperature 102-4?, had sl...

A Case of Depressed Fracture of the Skull

A Case of Compound Depressed Fracture of the Skull.—Recovery

ture for some days and hernia cerebri set in. Every morning some brain substance came away and f ungated out of the wound; after ten days it became obvious that certain cerebral symptoms were setting in. She complained of great pain in the head, and giddiness and vomiting, she had lost her memory for visual words that is to say, her visual word dictionary in the angular gyrus was wiped out and ...

On a Case of Depressed Fracture of the Skull

An unusual case of a compound depressed skull fracture after an assault with a stiletto heel.

Compound depressed skull fractures occur commonly from assault with various sharp and blunt objects. The use of a stiletto heeled shoe as an offensive weapon has not been reported before as a cause of such an injury. However unusual the history of assault, a clear picture of the mechanism of the injury is vital. Patients with scalp lacerations following a direct blow to the head must be evaluat...