AMAZING DELUSION.
FARMER SWALLOWS 497 ARTICLES. (Received June 9, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. An inquest at Cheshire revealed 497 articles in a local farmer's stomach. His family had no suspicions that he had been swallowing things until an operation was performed on Tuesday. The articles included 200 nails, 43 gramophone needles, six teaspoons, six braces buckles, some money, three door keys, a live revolver bullet, three penknives, 10 safety pins, six bolts, a buttonhook, a motor-car tyre valve, four studs, nine screws, and seven curtain rings. The evidence at the inquest showed that the man suffered from a delusion that his stomach was too smooth. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20878, 10 June 1933, Page 11
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114AMAZING DELUSION. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20878, 10 June 1933, Page 11
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