Mirin Dajo

Mirin Dajo (Esperanto: Mirindaĵo, "wonder"; August 6, 1912 - May 26, 1948), born Arnold Gerrit Henskes, was a Dutch performer of radical body piercing and other demonstrations of physical "invulnerability," which he described as acts of religious devotion.

Academic Press

 * (in Czech) &mdash; [Journal of Czech Physicians]
 * (in Portuguese) &mdash; [Brazilian Journal of Medicine]