LECTURE XVII.

Compression, meaning of. Brain compressible; motions of the brain.

Symptoms of compression. Paralysis of the opposite side to the injury;

of the same side, and of both. Convulsions. Illustrative cases of

paralysis. Fissure or fracture of the skull; treatment. Symptoms in

more serious cases. Injury to the middle meningeal artery; trephine

necessary. Fractures on one side of the skull from blows on the other.

Fractures of the base from a fall on the vertex; not always fatal.

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