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sia. At the end of the first fortnight there was evident wasting of the muscles, but some power was returning in the triceps. At the end of a month the man left for England, with fair power in the triceps, but well-marked wrist-drop. A year later the wrist-drop still persisted. (120) _Plexus injury._--Wound of _entry_, over pomum Adami; _exit_, below scapular spine, about centre. Complete median and musculo-spiral paralysis. (121) _Median, musculo-cutaneous, and musculo-spiral nerves._--The wound traversed the axilla from just beneath the anterior fold; three weeks later a firm mass in the axilla corresponded to the wound track. Hyperaesthesia developed in the area of median distribution, with deep pain in the muscles. There was rigidity of the biceps cubiti and slight wasting in the radial extensors. The patient improved slowly, and eventually was discharged and passed out of sight. (122) _Brachial nerves._--Wounded at Paardeberg. Range 500 yards. _Entry_, at the front of the arm, 2 inches below the junction of the anterior axillary fold; _exit_, a little lower, at the back of the arm, in the line of junction of the posterior axillary fold. Considerable shock attended the primary injury; when reaction had taken place, complete motor and sensory paralysis was noted of the whole upper extremity, with the exception of some power of movement of the posterior interosseous group of muscles. Three weeks later the patient could extend the wrist, but sensation was imperfect in the arm, and completely absent in the forearm and hand. The track was now hard and palpable, but there was no hyperaesthesia in any area; when the track was manipulated slight formication in the hand was experienced. The biceps and triceps were equally paralysed. There was no wasting in any of the muscles. (123) _Brachial nerves._--Wounded at Modder River. _Entry_, through the anterior axillary fold at its junction with the arm; _exit_, on the posterior wall of the thorax, 1/2 an inch from the median line at a level with the angle of the scapula. Complete musculo-spiral paralysis; haemothorax. Three weeks later, radial sensation returned; but the triceps was very weak, and wrist-drop was complete. There was some wasting of the muscles supplied by the m
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