ABSTRACT
An elderly gentleman, travelling in a second-class railway carriage, suddenly found himself at the bottom of the carriage, his train having run into some coal trucks. When I saw him, three hours after the collision, he was confused, and could give me no very clear account beyond what I have already stated; that he found himself with his hat off at the bottom of the carriage; and that he was helped out. How long he had been insensible he knew not, but said that he sat on the bank of the railway and felt cold, and that a gentleman had lent him a rug. He had come on by train for some miles after the accident. He felt sick, and attempted to vomit; but did not bring anything from his stomach. Pulse 58, feeble; skin cold. He was put to bed; a cup of hot tea given to him; a good fire lighted in his bed-room; and a hot-water tin placed at his feet.
