ollowed quickly, and a much slower improvement in the motor
power commenced.

(140) _External popliteal nerve._--Wounded at Beacon Hill. A
_bayonet_ entered over upper quarter of fibula, and passed
between the bones of leg into the calf. An aneurismal varix of
the calf vessels developed, also incomplete peroneal paralysis.
The scar was raised from the nerve (Major Simpson, R.A.M.C.)
six weeks later, and at the end of a fortnight the power and
sensation were both much improved and the patient returned to
England.

(141) _External popliteal._--Wounded at Modder River. _Entry_,
1/2 an inch above the internal border of the patella; _exit_,
1-1/2 inch from the head of the fibula and over that bone. The
wound was followed by peroneal paralysis. Six weeks later
sensation was still diminished in the anterior tibial and
musculo-cutaneous nerve areas, and marked foot-drop, little
improved, persisted. The patient came to England, and at the
end of twelve months is reported as very little improved.

(142) _Anterior tibial._--_Entry_, 1 inch in front and below
the external malleolus; _exit_, at the centre of the sole, just
anterior to the bases of the metatarsal bones. Wasting and
paralysis of extensor brevis digitorum.

(143) _Small sciatic and small saphenous._--Wounded at
Magersfontein. 200 yards. Two wounds: (i) _Entry_, below the
centre of the twelfth rib on the left side; _exit_, immediately
to the left of the buttock furrow at upper part, (ii) _Entry_,
in the right loin, midway between the last rib and iliac crest;
_exit_, just within the centre of the left buttock; the two
wounds crossed diagonally. Hyperaesthesia in area of
distribution of small saphenous and small sciatic nerves, which
rapidly improved.

(144) _Lumbar plexus._--Boer, wounded at Magersfontein.
_Entry_, eleventh interspace, posterior axillary line; _exit_,
tenth interspace, right mid-axillary line. Impaired sensation
in area of distribution of external cutaneous and crural branch
of genito-crural nerves. At the end of a fortnight anaesthesia
was less apparent, but a feeling of numbness persisted, which
soon disappeared.

_Prognosis and treatment._--In considering the prognosis in cases of
nerve injury, several of the points already raised as to the nature of
the lesio