a pin-dart in trying to blow it through a blowgun. Violent cough, gasping for breath, lividity of face for a few minutes; symptoms subsided leaving slight cough. The dart had lodged in right bronchus beyond first bifurcation, as shown by hissing, fluttering sound in both inspiration and expiration. Tracheotomy. The dart could not be reached. At a later date the dart was brought up into the mouth by a strong expiration.