in contusions, fissures, depressions, fractures, and other accidents of the cranium, is when one or more of the blood-vessels, that are distributed EXU

attributed in the dura mater, is broken or divided, where- by there is such a discharge of blood as greatly oppres- ses the brain, and disturbs its office; frequently bring- ing on violent pains and other mischiefs; and at length death itself, unless the patient is timely relieved. See SURGERY and MEDICINE Index.