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Show HAD FRACTURED SKULL; I ONLY FELT VERY QUEER Henry Armstrongs Head Split Open for Weeks but He Didn't, Know What Was Matter.; CLEVELAND. O., Nov. 15. Henry Armstrong of Perry, O., was discharged, cured, from St. Vincent's hospital, after one of the most remarkable surgical operations on record. Armstrong, who Is 53 years old, was working on a telephone line near Perry six weeks ago, when a pole, falling:, struck him on the head. He was dazed, but soon recovered. Armstrong began to act strangely, however, and was sent to the State hospital hos-pital four week ago. He insisted he was sane, but felt queer. His son-in-law asked surgical advice and several Cleveland' surgeons saw him. .They detected signs of pressure on the brain. His left eye and Jaw were paralysed par-alysed partially, and his left hand lost Its power of grip. This meant pressure on the tight side of the head, for the nerves cross, those on the right aide governing the muscles on the left side of the body, and vice versa. j The surgeons decided to trephine. They took Armstrong to St. Vincent's hospital, and Dr. B. O. Coates was cho?en to operate. When the scalp was laid cpen they found a huge fracture on the skull. Into which one could put one's finser, extending ex-tending from over the eye to the base of the skull In fact, the rkull had been spilt open. The surgeons were astounded. They could not conceive how a man cculd live even twenty-four hours witK that frightful fracture. The Jagged edges of the skull were cut away with bone forceps and the depression de-pression was raised. The wound was dressed and the case was watched closely. close-ly. Armstrong grew better rapidly. The paralysis disappeared and his strength returned. He went back to Perry Tuesday Tues-day ready to go to work. |