The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-18
C0UGHED UP An
OPEN SAFE TY-P|N
Little Elmer Pare's Case
Shows Natures Sur
gical Power.
The Object Swallowed Six
Months Previously Ba fled
the Physicians.
No Inco2venienc. Suffered by the
Child Either Before or After the
Wonderful Operati n.

Elmer Pare, the infant son OF Attorney
A. S. Pare, living at HIP Cam pbell street,
West Oakland, is mystery to his parents
as well as to the family physician. DR..
A. Il. Scott OF this City.
ABOUT year ago when he was but
three months old he swallowed an open
brass safety pin which he had taken from
lis clothing. The doctor was called in,
but as the child did not show any signs of
pain or Inconvenience in swallowing, tie
came to the conclusion that there must be
a mistake. The father was OF the same
opinion. but Mrs Pare was so certain that
the child had swallowed the pin that
thorough examination was made of the
babes throar, put of no avail.
Mrs. Pare was still of the same mind,
however, and the child was carefully
watched, as it was then supposed that the
pin world either be thrown up or death
come within a week, but nothing hap
pened. A month went by, ana the pin
had been forgotten.
After lapse OF about six months the
child was taken with severe fit of cough
ing, and Mrs. Pare being seriously alarmed
and also unable to give any relief, hurried
next door ana called Ter friend, Mrs.
Hassler. Almost as soon as she had
plChco u z SHli1 up hC SOuShSo III COIl-
siderable blood, and with it came the
long-looked-for pin. The pin was badly
corroded and hlackened. Then the al
told-you-sos' were In order. II told my
husband" said Mrs. Pare, that the baby
had swallowed the pin. but he seemed to
think it was i'm possible.
THE reason L was so certain was be-
cause the day before 1 had purchased a
dozen of those pins and the next night
one was gone from the baby's stocking.
As he would put every thing in his mouth
l thought this missing pin was no eXCep-
ton. Although did not see him with
the pin l was almost certain where 1t had
gone. l searched all his clothes and even
went so far as to remove all the bed
clothes, but could never find but eleven
pins. At one time | was almost persuaded
to resort to the X ray, but l am now glad
that did not for if the pin had been To-
Gated an operation may have been per-
formed, with possibly fatal results"
1.-The only conclusion L can come to-,
said DIR. Scott last evening, sis that the
child swallowed the pin point downward,
which undoubtedly stuck In the larynx.
The point of the pin is more corroded
than any other part, which goes to prove
that it was stuck in the flesh or mucous
me m braue.
"The m ore the child swallowed the far
Their the pin would be inserted, until
nature asserted itself an suppurat1on set
in. This gave the pin a chance 10 become
loosened and when the child coughed so
severely from the irritation the pin was
thrown out.
az can only surmise the reason for the
pin laying so long IN the child's throat.
Although he may have loosened the pin
many times by coughing as soon as be
would swallow the pin would be forced
back in place again. 1t is a most wonder
full case and miracle that the child suf-
fered no evil consequences"