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Battle, William H. (1855-1936)

Born 1855.

Surgeon, St Thomas's Hospital, London.

Described;

Battle's sign
Bruising is noted over the mastoid in patients who have suffered a fractured base of skull through the middle cranial fossa. The bruising takes a day or two to become apparent.



Adrian P. Ireland