two fragments, has nearly a triangular form, extends
rather across the median line, and is 4 in. in circumference;
the other, situated between the lower fragment, and the
left half of the frontal bone, is long and irregularly nar-
row, and is 2⅝ in. in circumference. The edges of the
fractured bones are smooth, and there is nowhere any new
deposit. 1868.
- Dr. John M. Harlow, of Woburn.
For the bar above referred to see No. 3106.
950. A cast of the head of the above individual. Soon after
Dr. H. published the case, Dr. Bigelow wrote to him, and
made arrangements, at a very considerable expense to him-
self, to have the man sent down to this city, and kept here
for a full examination. After he had satisfied himself that
the bar had actually passed through the man's head, and
that he had essentially recovered from the accident, he was
exhibited to the profession, the cast was taken, and a full
account of the case, with illustrations, was published by
Dr. B., in the American Jour. of Med. Sciences, July, 1850.
1856.
- Dr. H. J. Bigelow.
The very small amount of attention that has been given
to the above wonderful case, by the profession in this
country, as well as in Europe, can only be explained by
the fact that it far transcends any case of recovery from
injury of the head that can be found in the records of
surgery. It was too monstrous for belief, and yet Dr.
Harlow has at last furnished evidence that leaves no ques-
tion in regard to it.
951. A skull that was prepared by Dr. B., to show the course that the bar was supposed to have taken. 1856.
- Dr. H. J. Bigelow.
952. Cast of the head of a man who was transfixed through the head by an iron gas-pipe, and who, to a very considerable extent, recovered from the accident.
The accident happened in the State of Ohio, May 14th, 1867, and the following is an abstract of the case, which was reported to Dr. Bigelow by the attending physicians, Drs. M. Jewett and F. W. Inman. The patient, a healthy and intelligent man, about twenty-seven years of age, was
