A PEN FOUND IN A MAN'S BRAIN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1782, 6 March 1888, Page 4

A PEN FOUND IN A MAN'S BRAIN

4, moat extraordinary case haß jaat been Investigated by the East London Coroner Ie eeems that a commercial traveller named MosC3 Raphael, of 100 St Paul's road, Bow, was taken ill, and was removed to the London Hospital, His death took place on the next day, and at the inquest Dr Doyle, who had the man under bis care, said that on opening the head he found a penholder and nib about three inches long attached to the right orbital plate. It must have been there for a considerable time, as the bone had partially grown over it- The only way that it was possible for the pen and holder to get to the brain was by passing through the eye or up the nostrils. Deceased's widow stated that her husband had never complained of any accident, but that lately he had suffered from pains m his j head. Dr Doyle said that it was a roys'ery how a pen and holder of such aze could ge into the bra n wlhout the man's kn< wedge It was the moat singular caee he had ever heard of. An open verdict was returned.