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A strange case of eating bicycle tools

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22-09-2008 2:12pm

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0922/1221998220390.html

IRISHMAN SWALLOWED CYCLE TOOLS

A 'Human Ostrich' case, in which a man swallowed strange objects, is described in this week's British Medical Journal by Dr. G. I. C. McMullan, of Co. Cavan. He tells of a 24-year-old labourer who, on being operated upon, was found to have in his abdomen almost the entire contents of a bicycle tool-bag. After the surgeon had removed a 5-inch long spanner, a 3-inch long tension spring, a 3 1/2-inch long steel twist drill, and a 5-inch long bicycle axle, the patient remarked some hours later: 'I am afraid there is a bit of a hacksaw yet'. The broken hacksaw was recovered by feeding the patient cotton-wool sandwiches. Dr. McMullan says that the patient made an excellent recovery.

9 February 1951

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#2 22-09-2008 9:50pm
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WTF?

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