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Abstract
We have described what seems to be the first case which recovered from a skull fracture
with brain injury resulting from a lightning stroke. A prolonged cerebrospinal otorrhea
ceased spontaneously, uncomplicated by meningitis, possibly due to the prophylactic
use of sulfanilamide.
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Received:
March 13,
1940
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© 1941 Published by Elsevier Inc.