"Now, in a twist to the age-old story that even the writing room of "Grey's Anatomy" couldn't have come up with, a man in France was rushed to the operating room after staffers at the Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse found out he had shoved a 37mm brass-and-copper "collectible shell" that was used by the Imperial German Army during World War 1 up his rectum."
"The unnamed man is 24 years old and could be facing legal action for handling "category A munitions," an officer told the Daily Mail. Beyond being found inside people's rectums, around 1.5 billion shells were fired during World War 1, according to the Military Times. The ordnances are still being collected to this day. Amazingly, it's somehow not the first time a Frenchman has been rushed to the hospital after shoving a shell up his behind."
Emergency departments record roughly 4,000 annual visits for rectal foreign bodies among men and women. A 24-year-old in Toulouse inserted a 37mm brass-and-copper German World War I shell into his rectum, which led hospital staff to call a bomb disposal team and evacuate the facility while firefighters provided fire protection. Emergency teams later confirmed the explosive device was neutralized. The man may face legal action for handling category A munitions. An estimated 1.5 billion shells were fired during World War I and ordnance from that era continues to be collected. A 2022 case required abdominal surgery to remove a shell from an elderly patient.
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