A LONG-LOST NEEDLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1753, 30 January 1888, Page 3

A LONG-LOST NEEDLE.

Extraordinary instances of needles having been absorbed into the system, and having founnd tboir w«y to the surface of the tkia after some years' travelling m the human frame, have been rec»rdod, aud the HBt can be added to by an incident which o curred at Wyncheproof, M r Shane, a farmrr residing at Wateoa's Lake, now s xiy-two Aeursof age, when twenty-two years old fell into a state of very 'ndiff- rent heaith and was at a loss to understand the caueo. tie coDßulted the various doclors who have resided m the Cnarlton district, and, we aro m formed, got on relief. Strange to cay, tbit relief came from non medical hand's, and at a to*n some distance from h's home. The disacreeablu companion which Mr Shane had earned about wi:h him for eomowhere about forty years wss woikkg towards the eurfoc& or' tho ekin The limb was bared, and the flesli was seen to be ridged up Mr M'llwaine, who correct y estimated the c-U3e by the touoh of his finger, pqueezed one of the ridgee, briq<ing a veia prominently out, and by dint of pressure brought a very small portion of a needle to eight. With a unall pair < f tweezers the wliolo of the stwppointtd torment was extracted, by Mr Mcllwaino. Mr fchano is muc.h better, Ejooe tbe needle was txtraoted, and 1 elieves that he will soon be himself agniu He has not the slightest idea bow t^e needle got into his system The case is a curious one from the Ungth of time whioh has lapsed since unfavorable symptoms first set m." — ' Charltoo 'Jiraea.