Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1 by R. A. Witthaus et al.

Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August), 1846-1915, Becker, Tracy C. (Tracy Chatfield), 1855-1935

Chapter 239: 8. _Sayre: New York Med. Jour., 1874, xix., p. 420._—Girl, age

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Chapter 239: 8. _Sayre: New York Med. Jour., 1874, xix., p. 420._—Girl, age

7, swallowed a bead. Had continuous cough; much pain under middle of sternum. The bead moved upward and downward in respiration. Tracheotomy. Four days afterward she coughed the bead out, inspired once, and apparently died. Artificial respiration used; alcohol injected into rectum; galvanization of phrenic nerves. She finally coughed up a piece of thick mucus and recovered.
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