48 INJURY OF THE FACE. 



of the face by the bursting of a gun. His nose 

 and right cheek were severely cut and contused, 

 and the whole face completely blackened. Yiolent 

 inflammation, with great swelling, supervened, 

 and he continued in a state of insensibility for 

 three days. When restored to consciousness, he 

 complained of most excruciating pain in the face, 

 which continued unabated for three weeks, and 

 great noise in the head, which lasted for six months. 

 Three weeks after the injury, he arrived at Brigus, 

 and then, for the first time, consulted a medical 

 gentleman, who, however, from the inflamed and 

 oedematous condition of the whole face, could not 

 possibly form a decided opinion as to the precise 

 nature of the injury. The patient was put under 

 medical treatment, and was unable to leave his 

 house until March, 1849, and was then only able 

 to walk a short distance : a constant fetid puru- 

 lent discharge escaped from the right cheek and 

 nostril. In May, 1849, the wound of the cheek 

 completely healed over, but the discharge con- 

 tinued from the nose. In June he went to the 

 summer fishery, but from his debilitated state 

 could work but little. 



The wound in the face remained closed until 

 November, 1854, when an opening formed near 

 the right ala nasi, through which a purulent dis- 

 charge, with a quantity ofpoivder and rust, escaped. 

 On the 2nd of January, 1855, he was suddenly 

 seized with alarming haemorrhage from the right 



