Lexicon:Depressed cranial fracture, depressed fracture of the skull

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Term: depressed cranial fracture, depressed fracture of the skull
References: Master and Commander, page 138
Post Captain, page 335
The Mauritius Command, pages 288, 296
The Far Side of the World, pages 313, 325
Clarissa Oakes, page 112
The Wine-Dark Sea, page 21
Meaning: A fracture of the skull that results in the bone being forced inward, causing pressure on the brain resulting in unconsciousness and, if unrelieved, in death.


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Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.

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