The piece of cranium removed was 6 3/4 inches in the longitudinal diameter, and 5 3/4 inches in the short oval diameter.

The dressing occupied an hour, at the end of which the patient arose to his feet and changed his clothes as though nothing had happened.

Twenty-six years after the accident there was slight unsteadiness of gait, and gradual paralysis of the left leg and arm and the opposite side of the face, but otherwise the man was in good condition.

In place of the parietal bone the head presented a marked deficiency as though a slice of the skull were cut out.

The depressed area measured five by six inches.