129/194 Six months later she inflicted a wound seven inches in length, in which she inserted 30 pieces of glass, seven long splinters, and five shoe-nails. In June, 1877, she cut herself for the last time. The following articles were taken from her arms and preserved: Ninety-four pieces of glass, 34 splinters, two tacks, five shoe-nails, one pin, and one needle, besides other things which were lost,--making altogether about 150 articles. Herbolt of Copenhagen tells of a young Jewess from whose body, in the course of eighteen months, were extracted 217 needles. Sometime after 100 more came from a tumor on the shoulder. |