[48] In the event of cessation of respiration during trephining, the skull should be opened and the dura incised with the utmost expedition. The relief of tension so afforded often allows of respiratory recovery—with or without artificial respiration.
[49] Brit. Med. Journ., 1893, p. 1421.
[50] Surgery of the Brain, vol. i, p. 117.
[51] Wien. klin. Wochensch., No. 21, 1907.
CHAPTER VIII
THE INFECTIVE DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND MENINGES: ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN, MENINGITIS, LATERAL AND CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS, HERNIA CEREBRI
ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN
Abscess of the brain may be considered under the following headings:—
Multiple abscess.
Acute traumatic abscess.