Foreign bodies in the oesophagus : with report of cases / by Albert Vander Veer.

  • Vander Veer, A. (Albert), 1841-1929.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Foreign bodies in the oesophagus : with report of cases / by Albert Vander Veer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and pai’t in the trachea, i-ather more in the latter than in the former. A good, vigorous introduction of a finger here by some grandmother would probably have saved his life. Another case occurred very soon after, though of a somewhat different character. Case V. Mr. J. G., a man who lived by the contribu- tions of his friends, being veiy hungry was ordered a good dinner at a restaurant, and began with oyster soup He ate so hurriedly that it attracted the attention of some people who were sitting at a neighboring table. Soon after they obsem-ed his distress, his anxious expression of face, and great discoloration, but before anything could be done, al- though a physician was sent for who lived in the near vicin- ity of the restaurant, the patient was dead before he arrived. On post mortem it was found that a crack- er, very hard, had lodged in the a*sophagus just be low the cricoid cartilage and produced .suffocation. , Case VI. November tl, 189(t, Mr. A. L., while eating chicken believed he had swallowed a ]K>rtion of bone. He was brought to my clinic at the Albany Hospital nearly three days after the accident, and on passing a small, bul- bous-pointed oe.sophageal bougie I could distinctly locate the foreign substance about ten inches from the teeth. Passing a bristle i>robang I succeeded in removing it but the hmmoridiage that followed was very profuse. The p.itient. however, made a good recovery. He was jiut upon tea- spoonful doses of olive oil after his meals for some time. Thi’ee years .subsequent to the accident he was in good condition without any evidence of stricture of the oesophagus. Case VII. April 27, 1887, Mr. O. R. P., aged 27, while drinking from a tin pail loosened, with the bale, liis dental plate with at: artificial tooth attached, and immediately he realized it was lodged in the oesophagus. An effort was made to push it dowc into the stomach by his attending