In 1887 the man left the hospital in Buffalo with the paralysis improved, but his mental equilibrium could be easily disturbed.

He became hysteric and sobbed when scolded.
Buchanan mentions the history of a case in a woman of twenty-one, who, while working in a mill, was struck by a bolt.

Her skull was fractured and driven into the brain comminuted.

Hanging from the wound was a bit of brain-substance, the size of a finger, composed of convolution as well as white matter.

The wound healed, there was no hernia, and at the time of report the girl was conscious of no disturbance, not even a headache.