Abstract
Forty three cases of brain injury in the World War II (1937-1945), in whom the alien substances (splinters of bullet or shell, or fragments of bone) remain in the brain substances, were followed 10-20 years.
1) The general conditions after 10-20 years of injury were as follows: no change 28.2%, to get worse by works 18.7%, sometimes worse and sometimes better 20.3% very much worse 4.7%, and the better in no cases. Six cases died in ten years, therefore, the death rate was higher than that of general cases of brain injury during the war.
2) Frequently subjective symptoms were noticed among them such as; amnesia, head heaviness, headache, feeling muddle-brained, dizziness, chilly of hands and feet, irritability, disturbance of thinking, fatigue, stiff shoulder, easy fatigability. Those symptoms remained existing in over 50% of cases.
3) Changes of personality, decrease of spontaneity, disturbance of will, emotional instability, lack of confidence, unsociability were noticed in many cases.
4) The epiletic seizures occured in 57.2% of cases (grand mal 30% and peptic mal 27.2%). This rate was increased 22% more than the rate of shortly the wounds.
