HUMAN OSTRICH
BETS IN PUBLIC-HOUSES.
A SERIES OF OPERATIONS.
(SCREWS. NAILS, KNIVES AND TIN
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Dlay, 10.40 can.) LONDON, September 20.
The amazing history oi : a man who swallowed screws, nails, knives and bits of tin for liets in public houses was told to the “Medical Journal” by a surgical dresser at Middlesex Hospital, who gives in his diary the following list of operations: 1909—Removal of three bits of tin, three large screws and three 4* inch nails.
1906 —Removal of four largo screws, four nails and four stones. 1908—Removal of half a tableknife. 19X15—Removal of a tin whistle and peashooter. 1912—Removal of five large screws, six 2} inch nails and one 6£ inch nail. Operations on unspecified dates were for removal of a spoon handle, a button, a fountain pen, a fork handle. The next for removal of six large safety pins and five hairpins; then, in 1916, a pencil case and nail; in 1923, three thi •ee-inch nails.
The time for recovery varied from two to eight weeks.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 291, 21 September 1935, Page 5
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