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Excerpt from A System of Practical Surgery, Vol. 1: Surgery of the Head It seems probable from numerous observations that a fall (luring preg nancy or a blow on the abdomen may pnoject the fetal head against the promontory and in this way bruise the skin. Ou the other hand, it is doubtful whether such a shock can break the cranial bones of the foetus. In the few cases of fractured skull reported as occurring before birth, the injury might well have happened during birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.