Abstract
In the case reported a man received a severe electric burn of the head and arm from contact with a wire carrying an electric current of 7,200 volts. Although his left arm had to be amputated at the shoulder, he survived the injury. The burn on the back of his head was grafted by detaching a double pedicled flap of scalp at the hairline of the brow and sliding it backward to be attached to the skin of the neck. Virtually the entire occipital bone sequestrated and was removed. He developed bilateral cataracts and optic atrophy. The brain underlying the burned area was injured, leaving him with obvious, but diminishing residuals of occipital lobe, cerebellar and parietal cortex damage.
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