Hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt

He had some explosive indigestion. A hospital in France was evacuated after a male patient arrived with a WWI artillery shell ...

Man hospitalised after 8-inch World War I shell found in rectum, bomb squad deployed

Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse went into emergency mode when a 24-year-old man arrived complaining of severe pain in his bottom, leading authorities to call in a bomb squad.
The New York Times

WHAT AN 8-INCH SHELL DID.; Pierced a Five-Inch Plate and a Protective Deck at 1,500 Yards.

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