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A Curious set of wounds

A Curious set of wounds

--A soldier, of powerful, brawny frame, belonging to the North Carolina, so badly cut up at the late battle of Winchester, is lying at the Seminary Hospital, in that town. He received a Minnie bullet in both thighs, from opposite directions. A ball entered the arm near the elbow, and went crashing through thews and muscle up to the shoulder, and out at the clavicle. Another entered just above the small of the back. The surgeons endeavored in vain to find it. Several days afterwards it passed from the bowels. The ball is preserved by Dr. Chapel, and is but little flattened. The question is, how did that ball get into the intestinal canals, and pass thence without causing death. All the army surgeons say there is no parallel case on record. The men eats heartily, has excellent digestion, and has been living nearly four weeks, and has every prospect of getting well of all his wounds. His skin has a healthy appearance, his eye is clear, and he talks cheerfully.-- N. Y. Core.

The Richmond Daily Dispatch: Saturday morning...July 12, 1862

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