Larry mentions a person who for some time carried a six ounce ball in the brain and ultimately recovered.

Peter removed a musket-ball from the frontal sinus after six years' lodgment, with successful issue.

Mastin has given an instance in which the blade of a pen-knife remained in the brain six months, recovery following its removal.

Camden reports a case in which a ball received in a gunshot wound of the brain remained in situ for thirteen years; Cronyn mentions a similar case in which a bullet rested in the brain for eight years.
Doyle successfully removed an ounce Minie ball from the brain after a fifteen years' lodgment.
Pipe-stems, wires, shot, and other foreign bodies, are from time to time recorded as remaining in the brain for some time.

Wharton has compiled elaborate statistics on this subject, commenting on 316 cases in which foreign bodies were lodged in the brain, and furnishing all the necessary information to persons interested in this subject.
Injuries of the nose, with marked deformity, are in a measure combated by devices invented for restoring the missing portions of the injured member.