Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1908 — Batt In Foot 36 Years. [ARTICLE]

Batt In Foot 36 Years.

All unconscious of the fact, Mr. Max Bolkhard, of 206 Foster avenue, thirty-six years with an immense ri"e bullet between two toes of his ie*i xuot. It was removed last weeu-u/ Dr. John D. Blake and his son, ilr.'i Herbert C. Blake, with Mr. Bolkbara s little toe and a part of the bone -£ his foot, which had decayed, as a ;t----sult of the presence of the bullet. Mr. Bolkhard was a German so’dier in the Franco-Prussian Wax. After passing through many hard-fought batties without getting a scratch, ne received the bullet wound In the foot one wintry night while on sentry duty a mile from the troops of the army with which he served. This was on Dec. 2, 1670. He spent the night un the snow In the French province ol Oilcans, and the patrol the follow.ng morning carried him off to the Sela hospital, where he received attention. He was later sent to a regular hospital. The wound healed, and Mr. Eo'.h, ' hard thought nothing more of It, be- ' lleving'that the bullet had h “-n removed. He suffered with rheumatism and he attributed all his pains, in- , eluding the one in bls foot, v»n*ca was sometimes intense, ;u LUio aaAAaiau/ . Recently there wera indications that other trouble had developed, so Dr. Biake, who was summoned, decidcu i that an operation was necessary, as part of the bone had decayed. In removing the diseased bone he dk Levered the bullet, wh!ch was Lndgr:? kt 1 tween the little toe and th” | joining. The bullet is three-quarters I of an Inch long and so heavy that Mr. : Blokhaid is unable to understand now [he carried it about without jof its presetioe. The buiiet is proserved as a memento of the wt*.r. — Bakimore News.