Nice Surgical Operation.
A case of considerable ihterest to medical men has just been recorded by a French surgeon. A man, in January last, while temporarily demented,swallowed a teaspoon. Eighteen days afterwards he applied for relief at the hospital in consequence of the intense pain caused by the spoon. On examination externally nothing could be felt, and doubt was expressed whether after all anything abnormal had been swallowed. As, however, some pain was experienced when pressure was applied to the region of the stomach, the surgeon determined to investigate further. With this object in view he employed an electric exploring instrument. No sooner had the latter passed into the stomach than the tinkle of the electric bell emphatically proved that a metallic substance had been struck by the exploring apparatus. The usual operation was then proceeded with, the teaspoon was found and extracted, and the patient left the hospital at the end of two months perfectly convalescent.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 485, 2 July 1890, Page 6
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157Nice Surgical Operation. Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 485, 2 July 1890, Page 6
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