FISH BONE IN SKULL.
EXTRACTED AFTER 33 YEARS.
(Received 11.30 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
The casualty surgeon at Sydney Hospital, Dr. Murray, recovered • fishbone that had been embedded- in a man's head for 33 years. Harold Patterson walked into the casualty room and complained of pains in the head. After examination the doctor made an incision and extracted a fragment of bone an inch long. Patterson said he was hit on the head by a piece of fish 33 years ago.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 20, 24 January 1929, Page 7
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