MARVELLOUS X-RAYS.
DETECT SWALLOWED RINGS. By Telegraph.—Preb.i Assn —Copyright. London, August 20. The first case of X-rays diagnosing stolen property in the human body occurred at Thurrock, Essex. A woman was arrested for stealing rings from a jeweller’s shop. She swallowed her plunder and tho chief constable ordered an examination. The X-rays clearly revealed the rings in her stomach and an emetic restored them unharmed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1921, Page 5
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65MARVELLOUS X-RAYS. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1921, Page 5
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