. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . on ofa traumatic area of softening occurs,^ or a\ hen, in connectionwith the trainiia, ])rocesses causing increased intracranial pres-sure are set up, as, for example, hydrocephalus, meningitisserosa circumscripta, tumor cerebri. The numerous old researches, relative to the roentgen diag-nosis of head injuries, are cited by Fiirnrohr. AVe should men-tion also the iiioi-e i-eeeiit reports of Schwartz who studied thehealing of skull fi-actures roentgenologically; of Denks, A\hoemphasized tlie tre(|ueiiey of (leiiioiistial)le fissures in ai)par-ently


. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . on ofa traumatic area of softening occurs,^ or a\ hen, in connectionwith the trainiia, ])rocesses causing increased intracranial pres-sure are set up, as, for example, hydrocephalus, meningitisserosa circumscripta, tumor cerebri. The numerous old researches, relative to the roentgen diag-nosis of head injuries, are cited by Fiirnrohr. AVe should men-tion also the iiioi-e i-eeeiit reports of Schwartz who studied thehealing of skull fi-actures roentgenologically; of Denks, A\hoemphasized tlie tre(|ueiiey of (leiiioiistial)le fissures in ai)par-ently haiuiless heinatoniata in childien, and of ^Nfaikovie, whocollected the cases of basal fracture from our material. The eases which we had opportunity to examine were thoseof fissures, depressed fiactures, gunshot wounds, defects, andothers. Several of these may be cited in brief: ^*According to our experience, such an occurrence seems to be able to take placewithin a few months after the trauma. 152 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OP THE HEAD. Fig. 31.—A dextrosinistral picture of a skull in which there are two fissures, one inthe frontal bone and the other in the temporal bone, on the left side.


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