SWALLOWED BY MAN
A PEPPER-BOX LID.
A man was sprinkling pepper on the boiled egg he was eating for breakfast when the lid of. the pepper-box came off. He scraped the surplus pepper from the egg and finished his breakfast. That happened four months ago in a country town in England. Later the man had difficulty in swallowing. He went to the Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital. There an X-ray examination revealed the white vulcanite top of the pepperbox lodged in his throat. It was as large as a florin. After a number of eperations the obstruction was removed, and the man was soon recovering. The hospital secretary says he thinks this the most unusual case they have had. The swollowing of dental plates, coins, and beads, he said is comparatively common.
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Southland Times, Issue 22214, 5 January 1934, Page 9
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134SWALLOWED BY MAN Southland Times, Issue 22214, 5 January 1934, Page 9
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