DIET OF METAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1936, Page 10

DIET OF METAL

» A REMARKABLE CASE

During an operation in the Calcutta Medical College Hospital the following articles were removed from Mr. H. J. 11. Drummond, of Waterford. Ireland, a former non-commissioned officer in the Inniskilling Fusiliers, says the “Daily Mail”:—94 razor blades, 115 4in nails, 118 2in nails, broken glass, several hundred gramaphone needles, and metal filings. The total weight was 1011 b, and Mr. Drummond is recovering after what was described as the most dangerous operation ever performed in India. I Under the professional name of Chamison he has toured the country for years giving demonstrations of swallowing such things as nails, glass, and poisons. He claims that his immunity from injury has been due to secrets learned while studying Yoga, the mystical cult of Indian ascetics. The operation followed an accident during a performance at Patna and lasted for six hours. Dr. Panchanan Chatterji said he was astounded at the man's recovery. Mr. Drummond said that after- he left the Army he met a Yogi in a train, and learned breathing concentration l and the secret of using herbs, enabling him to give amazing performances and to baffle the medical profession. He refused to reveal his method, but insisted that anybody with patience to study Yoga could accomplish many things impossible to'the layman.