. Medical and surgical therapy . Fig. 1.—The projectile, generally a bullet, has followed a course tan-gential to the skull and has made a furrow in its thickness. Theinternal table is probably broken. This wound is the type of thosewhich must be treated with the gouge-forceps. They often doverv !!Dccar? Fig. 2 —The projectile has penetrated the skull and passed out again,almost immediately, following the arc of a small circle. In thesecases the brain and the dura mater are necessarily injured overa large area, but the cerebral lesions are not very deep, and thedetached fragments of bon
. Medical and surgical therapy . Fig. 1.—The projectile, generally a bullet, has followed a course tan-gential to the skull and has made a furrow in its thickness. Theinternal table is probably broken. This wound is the type of thosewhich must be treated with the gouge-forceps. They often doverv !!Dccar? Fig. 2 —The projectile has penetrated the skull and passed out again,almost immediately, following the arc of a small circle. In thesecases the brain and the dura mater are necessarily injured overa large area, but the cerebral lesions are not very deep, and thedetached fragments of bone are never projected very far into theinterior of the brain. These wounds are often cured if well treated.
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