The boy was held down by four men, and Humphreys and his assistant made all the traction in their power.
After removal not more than a teaspoonful of blood followed.

The heart still remained displaced, and a lump of intestine about the size of an orange protruded from the wound and was replaced.

The boy made a slow and uninterrupted recovery, and in six weeks was able to sit up.

The testicle sloughed, but five months later, when the boy was examined, he was free from pain and able to walk.

There was a slight enlargement of the abdomen and a cicatrix of the wound in the right groin.