[Mandibular fracture caused by absolute close-range gunshot with a blank cartridge fright weapon]. / Unterkieferfraktur durch absoluten Nahschuss mit einer Schreckschusswaffe.

Bony injuries caused by starter's pistols were repeatedly observed in the form of fractures of the temporal squama and other thin osseous lamellae; in experiments rib fractures could also be produced. In the presented case a contact shot from a blank cartridge pistol caused a fracture of the lower jaw (transverse fracture with a bone fragment split off in reg. 46). The friend of the 17-year-old victim had fired a shot to the right mandibular region during an argument. In the depth of the gunshot entrance wound, which communicated with the oral cavity, intense soot deposits were found as signs of the contact shot.

[Treatment of neuralgiform maxillofacial pain with hydantoin (Phenhydan)]. / Die Therapie neuralgiformer Beschwerden im Kiefer-Gesichtsbereich mit Hydantoin (Phenhydan).

Within 4 years a total of 49 patients have been treated for neuralgiform symptoms. 19 patients were symptom-free after 4 to 5 days of monotherapy. Including additional carbamacepine in the treatment of the remaining 30 patients produced successful results in 12 cases. Eight out of the remaining 18 patients showed satisfactory results after psychoactive drugs had been added. It was only in 10 cases that the symptoms could not be eliminated.