There was scarcely enough blood-supply left to the orbit to maintain life in the globe.

The man primarily recovered, but ninety-one days from the injury he died of cerebral abscess.
There is the record of a curious brain-injury in a man of twenty-two, who was struck on the skull by a circular saw.

The saw cut directly down into the brain, severing the superior longitudinal sinus, besides tearing a branch of the meningeal artery.

The wound was filled with sawdust left by the saw while it was tearing through the parts.

After ordinary treatment the man recovered.
Bird reports a compound comminuted fracture of the left temporal region, with loss of bone, together with six drams of brain-substance, which, however, was followed by recovery.