Injury of the Head; Abcess; Brain Symptoms: Death
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of deep insensibility. His history was that on the previous night he had been robbed and beaten by thieves while following after thein. He was a strong robust man, and his relatives found him during midnight in the very state ho had been brought in. On admission a contused wound, about one inch long, ? inch deep, and ? inch wide above the left eyebrow was found; another incised-looking wound at the root of the left
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