Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28
TOUGH STOMACHS.
rhe Dainty" Things That Some
People Swallow.
|. Man who Lived on q Peck of Stones a
D~ay-Forcign Bodies That Enter
the Mouth and, Apparently, Dis.
appear-Odd Articles of Diet.

Day-Forcign Bodies That Enter
the Mouth and, Apparently, Dis.
appear-Odd Articles Of Diet.
There have been of late an unusual
number of cases of people of all ages
and sexes who have shown a DISPOSE
ton to swallow all sorts of foreign bod
les, that in the words of the old lady,
go the wrong way" or are unfit to
receive proper treatment if they go the
right.
An adventurous sixteen-year-old boy,
Alexander Hubbard, of Milwaukee,
tossed up a dollar, and, catching it in
bis mouth, pretended to swallow it,
much to the amusement of his auditors.
The dollar probably got tired of this
treatment and decided to go on an ex-
ploring expedition. In fact, the youth
turned pale, and said: my God, I've
swallowed it." This was a scene not
exactly on the bills. so doctors were
sent for to make exploring expeditions.
They forceped and probed and sounded,
but NO dollar. The boy is only allowed
Tx d ct, and if the coin of our faith
eEs doesn't go to the stomach, where a
surgical operation will be necessary, he
wll 90 to that bourne whence none re-
turn.
st. Louis fellow, not to be outdone,
bet he could put a billiard-ball in his
mouth. He did, but he did not get it
out. He was not aware that the teeth
bend inward, and that a large body
can frequently get in, but not come
out. Surgeons made a slit IN the
check, however, and pred the ivory
put. The youth won't try that exAeri-
ment again.
'Oh, DOCTOR" exclaimed a lady,
rushing into a physicians office, "come
to my house quick! My little Freddie
has swallowed a mouse"
''Oh, well, that's nothing. You 90
back and let HIM swallow a cat"
They tell an amusing story of the
great DR.. Abernethy, the famous Lon
Jon physic an, whom q lady sent for in
great distress, saying her little son had
swallowed some blue. The doctor had
retired, and. not wishing to be dis
turbed for so trivial q matter, he asked
how much the blue was worth. Give
pence" was the reply. "Oh! Well,
She doesn't want to pay five pounds to
get five pennies. does she?"
The late Mr.. Turner, father of Mr..
Pack Turner, the well-known United
plates Marshal of this District, came to
hs DEATH by swallowing. while asleep,
portion OF a set of false teeth that he
lad neglected 10 remove before retir-
Fng,
An actress some years since while
Stopping at the Palace Hotel swallowed
piece of chicken-bone. She neglected
For a time to have it attended to, and
shortly after died in New York.
Four sorts OF foreign bode s are apt
70 intcrcede themselves into the air
pa>sases-vegetable, animal. mineral
aho mixed. I'm the country boys and
sf;s take to grains Of corn, beans,
nelon,seeds, pebbles and cherry-stones.
DIS OF meat, bone and gristle are fire.
]ueElly intruders. One person swal-
owed a cockle-burr, and Dr.. Foote, of
md ana, relates a case where a CHI Id
Selween three and four years of age
uau swallowed abrass pen-holder about
hree-and-a-half inches in length by
Earee lines in diameter. 1t was found
~ she LETT bronchial tube after death
u"e months after the accident had
'apppened, surrounded by thick matter.
worms have been known to creep
mo the windpipe; hence the import
puce OF the simple advice, shut your
u"utll' especially when asleep-a habit
'n'ch the Indian mothers teach their
paoes by closing the mouth when
,,L even fastening it shut. The
Daot thus acquired becomes perma-
atn1. Gautier tells of a man who lost
,s me by the Introduction OF q leech
NO the larynx and death has ensued
gru swallowing a small fish.
ieeth have been often swallowed,
uilected with some piece of metal.
one case the substance remained
maVeen years, and in the post mortem
Ss found in the right thoracic cavity,
" ~ 1t had passed by liberation.
mere are two recorded instances CT
nl having swallowed bullets-one in
- 1'ata, aud the other in Kentucky.
Low a man in New York swallowed
Oolk' which he inhaled while having
Fh nuolar tooth extracted, being under
n,u influence of nitrous oxide gas. The
Ill., u'ed two hours after the accident.
ra m cork was found in the lower ex-
witty Of the vrachea.
bo mnen foreign bodies enter the mouth
how are a variety of places where
mm oa can hide themselves and thus defy
Ded 1 ie skill. The body may be stop
br il n various portions of the windpipe,
mi may remain loose and move up
bod uown during the expulsion and in
'eaeuon of. air. Occasionally it is