A Pen Found in a Man's Brain
* A most extraordinary case has just been investigated by the East London Coroner. It seems that a commercial traveller named Moses 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 his 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 in his head. Dr Doyle said that it was a mystery how a pen and holder of such size could get into the brain without the man's knowledge. It was the most singular case he had ever heard of. An open verdict was returned.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 94, 10 March 1888, Page 3
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