Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-19

automobile. He sat up all the, way to
the kenosha hospital. He even walk.
ed. into the ward. But there his
strength failed and he collapsed.
An X.ray photograph was taken and
the bullet located. The, wound was in
ttl.e back of the head on a level with
the top Of the ears and about an inch.
closer to the right than to the left
ear. The bullet had ranged upward
and inward, lodging in the very center
iof the brain, midway between the ears
and about IN inches directly down
from that section of the Uranium
known in, babes as the soft SPOT !,
To. probe for the bullet would have
killed the boy. So DR.. Palt cleansed
the wound and put Steve in bed
Steve came out from under the anaes.
thetic ard saw the pictures from the
X-ray. a.. 5a.fq =, .qg-t,, a.
"Doggone such a machine" he com.
planned, lit takes a feller's secrets
right away from him."
Then he told of the Sunday after.
noon near tragedy.
But don't tell dad" he begged.
He'd lick Al, and l don't want the kid
to get in trouble. He didn't mean to
hurt me, and, anyhow, I'm all right
now
All Tuesday night Steve slept quiet.
ly. Wednesday he had fever and
Wednesday night his life was despair
ed of. But Thursday afternoon he
rallied again and from then on i'm.
proved steadily. 4 I
A week after the shooting he sat
up in bed. The next day the bandag.
tes were taken from his head and he
was allowed to walk around the ward.
Then DR.. Palt announced that as far
as he could see Steve was a we'll boy
again.
The story got around of how the
"'boy with a bullet in his BRAIN was
going to get better, and hundreds of
letters poured in TO the hospital every
day. nToys. and candy and jiist we'll.
wishes, came with every mail. Steve
took them all thankfully, but demand.
ed roller skates and a baseball, bat,
And he insisted that he be allowed to
go home by Saturday, the 18th. to
practice with the other kids" for his
grade school, baseball team
Case Is Remarkable.
"The case is remarkable" said DR..
Palt. -.The boy, by all precedent and
medical law, should be. dead. But in.
stead he is alive,tvery much alive. ana
apparently as normal as before the
bullet lodged In his brain. At first !
feared that when he got out of bed
the pressure of the lead might affect
him. So l allowed him to be on his
feet in the wards, as a sort, Of expert
ment. Nothing happened.
Il allowed him more liberty. but
still watched him carefully. Nothing
happened.
The boy, apparently, Is cured, and
there will be 40 evil effects. In time
there may be some development from
the bullet. 1t may weigh down on the
brain and lessen the boys mentality
in some way. / believed at first that
the penetration Of the brain cells
would show its effect in some action
of the boy. The different areas of the
brain are localized to control the &C.
ton of the different limbs and organs.
But there has been no effect thus far.
Doctors of national reputation
have written me for a detailed history
Of the caseaand several have promised
to come to see the boy himself. No
precedent EXISTS in medical history,
as far asI have been able to Discover.
Victim Defends Brother.
81 have no explanation to offer for
Steve being sliXesFst wouldr-be pre-
posterous for me to CAIN credit: for
his being so. I shall watch Steve and
will eventually report a complete