A Bloodless Man.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 245, 10 March 1888, Page 8

A Bloodless Man.

Not many miles from Berlin there lives a man, who, if what report sayB of him bo true, is cortainly one of the most remarkable phenomena on record. The papers state as a positive fact that h* has no blood in his veins, and that a committee of the leading physicians and scientists have declared their inability to account for this extraordinary circumstance. The iran is a corporal in the German Army, and goes by the namo of Otto Schreiber. He himself was quit 9 unconscious of his bloodless condition until two months ago, when he fought a duel with a follow-BOJdier. His op. ponent ran his sword thr6ugh his body, without, howover, drawing any blood, and the " patient" seemed not a bit the worse. Tho man was so taken by surprise that Otto had no trouble in killing him. Since that time the comrades of the corporal have been careful not to tread on his toes, and on no consideration to accept a challenge from him. Ho was submitted to a severe test at a Medical Institute in Berlin. A knife was thrust into his mouth, the point coming out at tho back of his neok. Not a drop of blood was spilt, and Ofcto. felt no pain during the operation. The gentlemen who examined him are how fully convinced that there are many things in heaven and earth that they never dreamt of. Otto Schreiber intends a* soon as his time is up [i.e., next,, year) to show himsolf in the principal cities of Europe. ,