A SHRAPNEL SPLINTER
A piece of shrapnel, two inches long, received in the Battle of Ypres, but of the presence of which he was unaware until he met with an accident, -was removed from the shoulder of a man named Horwood, of Hammersmith W.. at the West London Hospital. Horwood was admitted suffering from a large Itilnp on the shoulder, which he said was the result of someone having thrown a chair at him at a public meeting. Examination of the trouble revealed the large piece of shrapnel at the bottom of a deep abcess. The patient has many scars on his back, the result of wounds by other splinters of shell.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2339, 8 January 1926, Page 5
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112A SHRAPNEL SPLINTER Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2339, 8 January 1926, Page 5
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