AFIP_NMHM-1000636

fire arm

Bones

Cranium

Side

Right

Timing

Antemortem

Force

Direct

Gunshot wound — Musket Firearm

Tangential gunshot wound of superior border of the right parietal. Soldier survived 17 days after injury. Edges of the opening are necrosed, affecting the inner and outer tables over five centimeters in maximum diameter. An abcess was found in the brain at autopsy.

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