THE PANGS OF STARVATION.
The Lancet records a remarkable case which illustrates what human beings may be driven to do when suf~ fering the agonies of starvation. The body of an Arab was found in the hold of a ship, and was conveyed to the Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich, where a post mortem was made by order of the Coroner. The body was much emaciated, and th 9 following extraordinary list of muterials was found in his intestines :—Twenty trousers buttons ; three cog-wheels, apparently out of a watch j one 2in. screw, bent double; one lin screw; six pieces of a lock, the biggest being 1 Jin long and Jin broad ; a circular piece of brass ; several pieces of iron wire, brass, lead, and two key tallies ou a ring lin in length. The weight of the articles amounted almost exactly to half a pound. The poor feilow had evidently secreted himself in the vessel, and had remained undiscovered by the crew during the whole of the voyage from some distant port, and had swallowed the articles to relieve the pangs of hunger.—' Birmingham Post.'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3893, 22 August 1891, Page 2
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184THE PANGS OF STARVATION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3893, 22 August 1891, Page 2
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