Epilepsy as the result of a perforating bullet wound

[ Epilepsy as the result of a perforating bullet wound ]

Epilepsy as the result of a perforating bullet wound, This cut-away drawing shows a bullet lodged in the brain of a victim with epilepsy. The coroner’s inquest concluded that J. Clifford Redpath shot himself while experiencing an epileptic seizure. From Keen, William W., "Surgery, Its Principles and Practice.... " (1906), p. 248.248, unknown, Osler Library for the History of Medicine

Source: Osler Library for the History of Medicine, Unknown, Epilepsy as the result of a perforating bullet wound, 1906. Notes: This cut-away drawing shows a bullet lodged in the brain of a victim with epilepsy. The coroner’s inquest concluded that J. Clifford Redpath shot himself while experiencing an epileptic seizure. From Keen, William W., "Surgery, Its Principles and Practice.... " (1906), p. 248.248

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