Considerable hæmorrhage had occurred from each wound, the scalp was puffy, and the bones yielded on pressure over the left parietal bone, indicating considerable comminution.
The night was so cold that no operation could be considered, so the head was partly shaved, the wounds cleansed, and a dressing applied. The next morning the Division marched at 5 a.m., and it was considered wise to leave the man at Lindley in the local hospital.
Fig. 77.—Right Visual Field, in case 67.
Injury to both occipital lobes. Field for white. Test spot 10 mm. Good artificial light. Defect in lower half of field
Fig. 78.—Left Visual Field, in case 67
No operation was performed there, but I heard later that the man recovered full consciousness at the end of five days, and at the end of a fortnight he commenced to see again.