Broken glass, hundreds of gramophone needles, and 233 nails were removed during an operation in Calcutta on a former non-commissioned officer. This is stated to be the most dangerous operation ever performed in India. The man had been appearing professionally and swallowing these strange articles of diet.
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Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 5
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47Untitled Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 5
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