Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1890 — A Crochet Needle in Her Breast. [ARTICLE]

A Crochet Needle in Her Breast.

A strange and probably fatal accident occurred to the little 5-year-old daughter of Mr. John Burns, a well-known citizen of Manchester. The little girl, partially uisrobed to be put to bed for the night, was watching some member of the family overhauling the contents of a bureau drawer, and picked up from it an old-fashioned, small, steel crochet needle. She was playing with the little implement unobserved, when she suddenly cried out that it was sticking her. An examination was made, and it was soon discovered that the needle had almost disappeared m her breast, only a portion of the hooked end being visible. An attempt was made, but unsuccessfully, to withdraw it, and then Dr. John F. B. Weaver was hastily summonedBefore his arrival, however, the needle had entirely disappeared from sight, and he was unable to locate it by probing. Internal hemorrhage and expectoration of blood ensued, and every attempt of the child to take anything, even water, is followed by vomiting. Dr. Weaver thinks the needle must have grazed and slightly injured the heart and also penetrated the lung. The little girl is in a critical condition.— Cor.Baltimore American.