His first care then was to show Ferguson a severe contusion that he had received on the cranium. There was both contusion and suffusion of the brain. Benjamin received a severe contusion from the recoil of his gun, which produced a short stupor, during which period the ex-steward was prostrate on the ground. Lydgate leaped and climbed, he hardly knew how, on to the stage, and was active in help, making the acquaintance of his heroine by finding a contusion on her head and lifting her gently in his arms. The head had received a severe contusion , but he had seen greater injuries recovered from: he was by no means hopeless; he spoke cheerfully.