The proudest 'wounded soldier in Lon--don to-day, says,the "Manchester Guardian," is tho man who has just had a jagged piece of shrapnel removed from his heart. An Australian surgeon suggested how the operation could be performed. It involved most intricate surgery, and at .tho end the shrapnel was to be picked out by the surgeon's delicate fingers, the operation being brilliantly successful: The soldier, who is well on the way to completo recovery, now cherishes a mounted piece of shrapnel destined to become an heirloom.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2812, 1 July 1916, Page 9
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85Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2812, 1 July 1916, Page 9
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