A remarkable operation has been performer in Utah on a baby who had swallowed a nail. A long: curved piece of steel attached to a powerful electromagnet was pushed down the windpipe, and when the current was turned on the ,*nail. .became attached to*the steel, and was withdrawn. ’ The obstruction was t taken from a point close to the child's heart, the surgeons being unable to employ the usual instruments.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5312, 25 June 1904, Page 10
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