MAN'S STRANGE IRON TONIC.
When a forty-six-year old man was examined by X-rays at Chester Royal Infirmary in England he was found to have swallowed 146 nails, 23 pins and needles, 67 rivets and springs, 2 hobnails, and 7 other articles. The total number of the objects was 247, weighing mon» than 163 grammes. The articles ■ were extracted, and tho patient began to make satisfactory progress.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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66MAN'S STRANGE IRON TONIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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