There was evidently paralysis of the optic nerve and of the oculomotor muscles; and the muscles of the glottis were also in some manner deprived of motion.
That an amputation can be perfectly performed by a lightning-stroke is exemplified in the case of Sycyanko of Cracow, Poland.

The patient was a boy of twelve, whose right knee was ankylosed.

While riding in a field in a violent storm, a loud peal of thunder caused the horse to run away, and the child fell stunned to the ground.

On coming to his senses the boy found that his right leg was missing, the parts having been divided at the upper end of the tibia.

The wound was perfectly round and the patella and femur were intact.