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with my finger the fides of the bone, but it remained firm 
to the touch, and fhe felt no wneafinefS from it. I kept the 
wound open for fome days, and finding no alarming fymp- 
toms, fuffered it to heal, which it did by the end of the month, 
I recommended her to keep the part covered for fome time, 
on account of the thinnefs of the cicatrix. This fhe neglected. 
In fome days after, leaning over a garden wall, with a fmart 
wind in her face, fhe was feized with a violent pain, and ima- 
gined the wind was piercing into her head. She flept little, 
and was the whole night in a fever. Next morning i found 
the forehead greatly {welled, and let out a confiderable quan- 
tity of matter. In fome time it got well; fhe had it covered 
with adhefive plaifter, and never after complained. 
Case I]. Samuel Hafte received ’a wound on-the upper part 
of the right parietal bone of two inches long, with a loofe 
bone and fracture. Though the fracture could not admit of a 
doubt, yet there feemed to be but little depreflion, and the 
fides of it were firm to the touch. I faw no reafon for the 
operation at prefent, but carefully attended to the fymptoms. 
In the fpace of four weeks the bone became covered, the wound 
healed, and he has fince enjoyed perfect good health. 
Case III. M‘Namara received a wound on the forehead, and 
near the left fide of the frontal finus. In a few days after he 
was brought to the hofpital; his pulfe was full, and he com- 
plained of a great head-ach. Upon examining through a {mall 
aperture, I perceived the bone bare and rough, and concluded 
there 
