Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1915 — Metal in Neck 24 Years— Relieved by Operation. [ARTICLE]

Metal in Neck 24 Years — Relieved by Operation.

Monticello Journal— Dr. J. Gochenour, who went to the M. E. hospital, ’lndianapolis, this week, to take treatment for a chronic throat trouble, was surprised to find, after examination that his trouble was the result of a minor accident which occurred in 1891, nearly 24 years ago. The surgeons at the hospital found a small piece of metal imbedded in Dr. Gochenour’s neck. The harmful cause of his trouble was removed by operation and he is getting along nicely. While he was in college working with a die, two pieces of metal, a composition of zinc and babbit metal, broke off and lodged in his neck. One of the pieces was found and removed, but the other remained imbedded in the flesh. And it was that tiny bit of metal that had caused Dr. Gochenour so much annoyance.