The sun., 1879-06-05
KILLED BIZ 4 PIN.
Miss Sophia Lehrberger's Death from swai.
lowing One More than "A Year Ago.


On Monday last Miss Sophia Lehrberger
died at 325 East Fiity-nith street. from the
effects Of swallowing q common brass pin.
When tho pin was swallowed neither she nor
her mother nor sisters have any idea. but the
supposition is that she had the habit OF putting
pins in her mouth. and that over year ago sho
inadvertently bolted the bit OF metal. In July
or August Of last year. Miss Lehrberger began
complaining OF occasional severe pains In the
lower portion OF her bowels on the right side,
with some times sharp pains in the back. These
troubles gradually increased until In the latter
part OF September, when she suffered violent
attack Of inflammation of the bowels. DR.. j.
W. Ranney. OF II East Forty-sixth street. was
called in and treated the apparent malady. OF
tho cause Of which nobody then suspected.
Iue case. rs he rentes 10. then progressed as
flows; Tho Inflammation OF the bowels
was controlled. but then a large abscess formed
IN tho right groin, from which. when lnnced
II. was discharged n grent quantity OF pus. II
continued open and discharging. and about
week from the time | lunccd II there came out
through IL q hard lump Rs thick Ms a crow Quill
and about an inch and half long. which
upon examination | found to be Il common
hrnss pin imbedded in some calcnreous sub
OF the chMky shell from its centre and point
you see plainly what II is. When first saw 1t.
the ralcarcous covering over IL all was Of the
tnmknts7 that you see 1t still is on the heal-a
liite thicker than common quill pen. The
hlSeess continued open. and ten days after the
pin appeared this tack head came ont. That
WAS about the, latter part, Of November last.
Although the ahs'rss developed into nstulous
connection with the bD wels tho young lady grew
stronger. and IN ten days after getting rid OF the
tack head WAS nhle to ha up and about. Two
weeks ago She was attacked with peritOnitis or
lnilammntion Of the bowels. and on the ID OF
June died.
The autopsy showed that there was nm adhe-
sion OF the bowels ana the walls Of the abdO-
men. and through this extended the nstulous
openlng-inlly as lnrgeas crow quill-per,
through which the pin and tack head passed.
Those foreign substahces had undoubtedly
passed successfully through all the conVOlu-
lions Of the ileum or small Intestine. until they
reached the blind cul de sac known as tho ap-
pendlX VermifOrmis ~ tho end of the caecum or
large intestine. below the entrance into 1t OF
tho ileuIn. and there had lodged The inlam-
nation caused by the irritation OF their pres
ence commenced NJ the entrance Of the ileum.
and from that point the adhesion spread. Pins
IL" body without doing harm. but they nro Ii
able 70 be detained In tho cul de snc mentioned,
gud, Instead OF passing through the natural
channel. form for themselves an artificial chan
mel. Hs this one did, through the right groin,
with the consequences seen in the present case.
practice, and know OF none recorded in the
books. though theru may be-. Liko results have,
however. followed the lOdgmcnt OF cherry
stones in tho appendix yrrmliormis. | have
had numbers OF cases in VIII ich needles that had
hsen swallowed worked themselves out aitor
the lapse Of considerable timo. and without any
serious injury. They Hre prone to follow tho
line OF the muscle they first reach after making
their escape from tho Intestine, ana may como
ont in the most unexpected places and WAYS.
Ling SO freely, and they are, consequently. moro
dangerous"