Transactions . ing was removed, there wassome bad odor to it. Dressings replaced alter washingthe wound as before. The patient had been sinking rap-idly during the early evening and the temperature hadincreased rapidly until at the time of the hemorrhage itwas io6|° ; pulse 186, respirations 60. Antipyrine wasgiven hypodermically but without effect on the following the hemorrhage, there was paralysisof the left side, but not complete. There was no sensationor* motion below the waist. Chest examined : bronchial rales, but no pulmonary CEREBRAL ABSCESS. 3^3 oedema; at
Transactions . ing was removed, there wassome bad odor to it. Dressings replaced alter washingthe wound as before. The patient had been sinking rap-idly during the early evening and the temperature hadincreased rapidly until at the time of the hemorrhage itwas io6|° ; pulse 186, respirations 60. Antipyrine wasgiven hypodermically but without effect on the following the hemorrhage, there was paralysisof the left side, but not complete. There was no sensationor* motion below the waist. Chest examined : bronchial rales, but no pulmonary CEREBRAL ABSCESS. 3^3 oedema; at p. temperature 107!°, pulse 210,respiration 62. At p. m., temperature 108°, pulse227, respiration 66. The patient died at p. m. Autopsy. March 13. There was a small amount ofextravasated blood under the scalp around the wound inthe cranium, but there was no extravasation under the duramater, except a small amount at the S3lvian lissure. Ondisarticulating the jaw, some pus oozed out from the. Fig. I. This figure shows tlie greater part of the temporal bone, with the extensive necro-sis as described in Dr. Fergusons report. On tlie right side are shown the two open-ings made in tlie mastoid process with chisels. The lioiiy auditory canal is entirelydestroved. glenoid cavity. The brain and coverings were removed,together with the greater portion of the left temporal boneand submitted to Dr. Frank Ferguson, who made the fol-lowing report: The portion of skull received is the greaterpart of the temporal bone, including the petrous portion,part of the squamous portion, and the lower middle half of 364 BACON. the left parietal bone. There is extensive necrosis of thetemporal bone, just above the left glenoid fossa, involvingboth tables of the skull, measuring vertically 3 centimeters,antero-posteriorly 2 centimeters. The roots of the zygo-matic process are also involved as well as the tubercleand a portion of the eminentia articularis. The edges of the opening are
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