DEFYING DEATH
The case of a musician who fell from an omnibus and, though his skull was fractured so severely that ho died m hospital a few hours later, entered a shop and attempted to make a purchase docs not stand alone (says a ‘Morning Post’ writer). It seems extraordinary that a person who has received a blow sufficient to fracture the skull should ho able to walk and talk; but J remember a caso some years ago in which this occurred. Two friends were cycling together, and one of them, missing his companion, dismounted and waited for him. Tim other soon appeared, somewhat dusty, and dishevelled, and pushing his bicycle. He said he had had a fall and would like to sit down and rest. In a ferv minutes he was dead. Doubtless in hospital annals then} are other similar instances; but nono the less the strength of mind and body that carries on in such circumstances is nothing short of amazing.
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Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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163DEFYING DEATH Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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