Note 2 — LECTURE I.
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Hence in a fracture of the skull, or any other heavy contusion, where the brain is compressed either by the fractured bone, or the extravasated blood, the patient will remain in a state of stupefaction, till either the fracture is reduced, or the extravasated blood removed by trepannation; after which he immediately comes to himself, as if suddenly revived from a trance.