Pain in a Buried Leg
About three weeks ago John Bonker, a Missouri, Kansas, anil Texas Railway brakeman, lost his left leg under the cars at Boonville The limb was buried there, and Bonker was, removed to the company's iiospital in this city, where. be, is still. About a week ago. Bonker began to experi- :, ence the sensation that his amputated < limb was in its accustomed place, and j great pain was felt in the foot. So in- \ tense did this feeling become tbat the ! crippled man tossed from side to side j of his little cot in the surgical ward | of the hospital, and moaned with pain till the doctors became alarmed at his condition. He could not sleep, nor could anything be done to relieve him. Botker's father visited Boonville and had the leg removed from the grave. The lid of the box was raised, and the toes of the foot were found to be crossed. No other peculiarity was discovered. The lid was closed and the coffin reburied. The injured aan at the hospital at once experienced a sensation of relief, and the trouble has completely vanished. The case is a peculiar one, and has excited much comment in medical circles.— Sedalia (Mo.) Special to St. Louis Kepublic. 5
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 78, 20 December 1892, Page 4
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212Pain in a Buried Leg Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 78, 20 December 1892, Page 4
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