"MAN OF GOLD."
A' MARVEL OF MODERN SURGERY. ®
A Canadian lumberman named Theodore W. Peters, who is now 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 tho result of an accidenton 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 legs and arms and his neck broken, while all his ribs were so badly shattered that they .had to bo entirely replaced by new 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 is held in place by a stiff stcvl brace. Altogether, the way in which the doctors managed to patch up Peters in eighteen months' treatment is considered a marvel of modern surgery, ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15140, 2 November 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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