Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — Boy Sneezes Out the Bullet. [ARTICLE]

Boy Sneezes Out the Bullet.

The 12-year-old son of Martin Howard, who lives north of Ann Arbor, Mich., was shot in the head and sneezed out the bullet. The ball entered the head behind the ear, passed around the base of the brain, and lodged In the roof of the mouth. Medical assistance was summoned, but before the doctor arrived the victim was taken with a sneezing fit. During one of his “kerchoos” the bullet was forced through the flesh in the mouth and dropped out. When the physician arrived he stopped the flow of blood