The bullet made the pregnant woman - world famous medicine joke

The story of a bullet shot through the soldier's testicles and stabbed the belly of the white virgin girl made her pregnant caused a stir in the American public more than a century ago.

In November 1874, a shocking story appeared on the Louisville Medicine Week. Written by Dr. LeGrand G. Capers, the article titled "Gynecologist Attention, Records from Surgeons in Hospitals and Battlefields" recounts the case of a bullet penetrating the testicles of young soldiers. and then stabbed into the belly of a virgin that made her pregnant.

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Citing the author's record, Hoaxes said the incident occurred around 3pm on May 12, 1863. At that time, Dr. Capers was fighting with the Southern Union regiment at Raymond's battlefield. 300 yards away (274 m), the family consists of mothers, two daughters and servants standing outside the door watching the battle and getting ready to help injured soldiers. Suddenly, Doctor Capers saw a soldier collapsed. At the same time, the scream rang from the other house.

At the soldier's side, Dr. Capers discovers he was shot by a bullet through his left testicle. The bandage was finished for the patient, the physician to see that the mother came, begging him to help her daughter. As it turned out, the young girl was also hit by a bullet in her left lower abdomen.

Having to march quickly, Dr. Capers could not find the bullet in the girl's body but only managed to prescribe painkillers. Six months passed, returning to Raymond, he went to look for the female patient to review the recovery process and suddenly noticed her stomach was big. Three months later, the young girl gave birth to a boy weighing 3.6kg.

Seeing the unmarried child was born, the girl's family was extremely bewildered. However, to the suspicion of everyone, the girl insisted that she was still virgin and did not understand why this happened. Dr. Capers also found her hymen intact, but he still did not believe this person had never had sex. The next three weeks, the girl's mother asked Dr. Capers to examine the boy. The physician suddenly found a bullet in the child's body.

Stringing the details, Dr. Capers noticed the bullet the previous day through the testicle left, the soldier must have continued the route and stabbed into the belly of the girl, forming a pregnancy and staying in the baby. He explained this strange phenomenon to the girl's family. They asked to meet the soldier and happily worked for the two. The young couple later had two other children in the usual way.

Appeared in the famous medical newspaper, the story of the bullet made the pregnant girl become legendary, many times repeated on other publications. However, in the end, the whole thing was not real. In fact, Dr. Capers just wanted to laugh at the public and invent and send an anonymous letter to the American Medicine Week. Unfortunately, the editor at the time, ES Gaillard, recognized the owner of the handwriting. Although he knew the story was fake, he decided to name Dr. Capers in the author section. Since then, the name of the physician has been associated with one of the most famous medical jokes in the world.