"THE MAN OF GOLD."

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 33, 26 November 1912, Page 1

"THE MAN OF GOLD."

A Canadian lumberman named Thoodore W. Peters, who was recently on a visit to Washington, has been given the sobriquet of "The Man of Gold," because several pounds of that precious metal have been substituted for bones' in various parts of his body. As the result of an accident on the St. Lawrence River some years ago, when he fell 350 feet in the effort to save a companion, Peters had the bones of both his legs and arms and his neck broken, while all his ribs were so badly shattered that they had to be entirely replaced by ribs of gold. His elbows now have gold and silver joints, and, while he can only turn them in certain directions, he has little difficulty in using them. On top of his head is a gold plate about three inches in diameter, and his neck ia held in place by a stiff steel brace. Altogether the way in which the doctors managed to patch up Peters in 18 months' treatment is considered a marvel of modern surgery.