Ancient Mesopotamians knew about brain injuries

I have been reading fascinating excerpts from a book by Jo Ann Scurlock and Burton Andersen.Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine: Ancient Sources, Translations

Did you know? Ancient Mesopotamians recognized that seizures, loss of sight, loss of hearing, and paralysis are the result of head or back injury.

Visual loss is secondary to head trauma. According to the authors, a damaged second cranial nerve can cause visual problems after a head injury.

Brenna suffered a concussion and a back injury in 2009 in an auto accident near Joplin, MO. No one told us to monitor Brenna for visual complications. In fact, in the four days she was in the hospital, she never saw the doctor after leaving the ER. His bill was almost $1500. He almost let her die the first night when the insulin pump went out and the hospital had no way of refilling it. He refused to order  an insulin shot for her. Her BG reached 709. I had to take the totaled out pickup 20 miles in the dark to the RV park to get insulin supplies for her.  No lights in the rear.

BTW: I had suffered a concussion, too, and had passed out in their ER by Brenna's bed. They let me sit under a cold AC outlet, fading in and out of consciousness for 3 hours before getting me in to see a doctor. No way should I have been driving a vehicle with no lights at 5 AM.

When I later questioned Brenna's vision loss, the lawyer "representing" us said no one could prove the connection. Perhaps he should have done a bit of research. If the ancients knew this, and it has been stated in more modern publications, he should have been able to find the information.

A TBI can lead to serious problems that can later develop into an anoxic brain injury. It did for Brenna. A concussion is never simple. If you believe nothing else, please believe this.