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Skull injury with extensive loss of cranial and cerebral substance.
This patient was said to have retained many of his abilities after awaking from the repair of this injury, but had ongoing difficulties with short-term memory, mathematics, and was prone to wild mood swings at times.
Anomalies and Curiosities in Medicine. George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle, 1900.