ELEPHANT ON TABLE
A well-known London cartoonist, in (connection with the Simon Beportj retontly showed India aa a giant elephant. "All we have to;do," the Government was saying, "is to place him on the operating table." What gave the artist' the idea we do not know (says "Science"), but actually an elephant was treated in this way not long ago. The animal, a captive beast etaployed on a.rubber estate in Ceylon, had become restive and dangerous, owing to what appeared to be the lodging of a foreign body in his head. Accordingly arrangements were; made to have Jumbo X-rayed. After a niarch in easy stages he reached Colombo General Hospital, where ho was examined in-the presence of a large body of the medical profession, Press representatives, and other spectators. There was a nervous moment when the elephant tried to touch the delicate Phillips X-ray apparatus with the' tip of his trunk, but he remained passively philosophical during the examination. The photographs revealed a small bullet, probably fired at him during his wild career in the jungle, .which had penetrated his skin near the ear. It was later successfully removed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 7
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189ELEPHANT ON TABLE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 7
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