PATIENT'S INJURY
BULLET THROUGH SPINE
MUCH PAIN SUFFERED
(Received August 27, 1 p.m.) SHANGHAI,' August 26. ' At midnigHt Sir Hughe KnatchbullHugessen was sleeping. Earlier he had suffered' considerable pain, and was given morphine. ■'• An examination revealed that a bullet entered the right side below the armpit and emerged on the left side below the shoulder blade. Part of a vertebra was shattered, but the spinal cord was not severed.Tlie man who gave blood for the transfusion was Mr. H. Thompson, who is attached to the Hospital Corps of the United States Marines.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 50, 27 August 1937, Page 9
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