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. A REMARKABLE CASE During an operation in the Calcutta redical College Hospital the followlg articles were removed from Mr. . J. H. Drummond, of Waterfcrd, Iremd, a former non-commissioned oftijr in the Inniskilling Fusiliers, says le "Daily Mail":—B4 razor blades. 115 ,n nails, 118 2in nails, broken glass, ;veral hundred gramophone needles, id metal filings. The total weight was 101b, and Mr. rumraond is recovering after what as described as the most dangerous aeration ever performed in India. Under the professional name of hamison he has toured the country >r years giving demonstrations of fallowing such things as nails, glass, id poisons. He claims that his imunity from injury has been due to crets learned while studying Yoga, ie mystical cult of Indian ascetics. The operation followed an accident iring a performance at Patna and sted for six hours. Dr. Panchanan tiatterji said he was astounded at the an's recovery. Mr. Drummond said that after he ft the Army he met a Yogi in a train, id learned breathing concentration id the secret of using herbs, enabling m to give amazing performances and baffle the medical profession. He refused to reveal his method, but sisted that anybody with patience to ady Yoga could accomplish many ings impossible to the layman.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, Page 12
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212DIET OF METAL Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, Page 12
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