Incised Wound of Head with Fracture of Skull—Hemiplegia—Recovery
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May 15th.?Wound healing up and looking well, no caries of the bones of the head; paralysis continues. 3Jay30th.?Wound has almost healed up without any exfoliation of the bones of the head; muscles of hand and leg have regained some power; active movement was allowed; Dr.Bonavia, the Civil Surgeon, invented an easy plan of doing so, for the upper extremity?a pulley was fixed to a doorway, and a weight, attached to a string, was passed through it. The boy was to pull the weight by both hands* as a man draws water from a well, and again to let it descend. He was also to walk about on crutches. Tonics
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