Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1920 — Needle in His Body For Half a Century [ARTICLE]

Needle in His Body For Half a Century

Elyria, O.—From mumps to measles and chronic Indigestion to neuritis, Robert Myers, fiftytwo, had rim the gamut of human illness. Recently a lump appeared between his shoulder blades.- It did not heal, and when the family physician was called he hurried the patient to a hospital. There-a tarnished needle with 24 Inches, of thread attached was removed. Physicians believe Myers swallowed the needle when a child and that perhaps half a Century it has been wandering through his body seeking an outlet. His various ailments are charged to the needle’s peregrinations.