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Fig. 1.
View of the tamping iron, and front view of the cranium, showing their comparative size.
Fig. 2.
Front and lateral view of the cranium, representing the direction in which the iron traversed its cavity; the present appearance of the line of fracture, and also the large anterior fragment of the frontal bone, which was entirely detached, replaced, and partially re-united.
Fig. 3.
View of the base of the skull from within; the orifice caused by the passage of the iron having been partially closed by the deposit of new bone.
