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Large Missile Lodged in Face

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Case of an unexploded cannon shell lodged in the face of a WW2 patient. The shell was discovered after an X-ray of the head was taken, and was removed by Professor Thomas Gibson, a former president of the RCPSG.

Large Missile Lodged in Face

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“Large Missile Lodged in Face,” Heritage, accessed March 28, 2024, https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1359.