The same bullet had apparently penetrated the left side of the
abdomen of the elder young lady, midway between the umbilicus and
the anterior superior spinous process of the ilium, and had
become lost in the abdomen. This daughter suffered an attack of
peritonitis, but recovered in two months under the treatment
administered.
Marvelous to relate, just two hundred and seventy-eight days
after the reception of the minie-ball, she was delivered of a
fine boy, weighing 8 pounds, to the surprise of herself and the
mortification of her parents and friends. The hymen was intact,
and the young mother strenuously insisted on her virginity and
innocence. About three weeks after this remarkable birth Dr.
Capers was called to see the infant, and the grandmother insisted
that there was something wrong with the child's genitals.
Examination showed a rough, swollen, and sensitive scrotum,
containing some hard substance. He operated, and extracted a
smashed and battered minie-ball. The doctor, after some
meditation, theorized in this manner: He concluded that this was
the same ball that had carried away the testicle of his young
friend, that had penetrated the ovary of the young lady, and,
with some spermatozoa upon it, had impregnated her.
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