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named after a man whose great invention was packing a shell with murder confetti
namesakeHenry Shrapnel, British officer, perfected it in 1784
original designhollow shell filled with musket balls and powder
now genericmeans any blast fragment, not Shrapnel's specific round
surgical legacysurgeons often leave fragments in rather than dig them out
slangBritish troops call loose pocket change shrapnel