Abstract
Patient. —John P., white, single, aged 30, Polish laborer, was examined Oct. 30, 1912; family and past history were negative. He got into a brawl, Sept. 21, 1912, and received a stab-wound at the base of the neck, above the left clavicle. He was taken to a near-by hospital, and the wound, together with another slight stab-wound of the back, was closed with sutures. Immediately following the injury he had complete motor and partial sensory paralysis of the left arm. He was kept at the hospital for one month, was told that he might require further operation, and then transferred to the city farm, whence he was admitted to the state infirmary. According to patient's statement there was still an area of anesthesia over the arm and shoulder, the strength of his hand was coming back, but he had complete paralysis of the left arm. Physical Examination. —At the posterior
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