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Half-penny surgically removed from child
Jar containing a half penny removed from stomach of 3 1/2 year old by C. P. G. Wakeley, 1914-1930. Mounted on mica sheet, held in place with cotton thread or twine inside cylindrical jar, with glass cap, sealing wax and printed label describing specimen.
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Two hours after swallowing this coin, a three and a half-year-old boy was taken to hospital. X-rays showed the coin to be in his throat, but attempts to remove it using a bronchoscope merely pushed it into the stomach.
The coin was eventually removed 27 days later by surgeon Sir Cecil P G Wakeley (1892-1979). It is one of a number of ‘surgically removed objects’ which have been donated to Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection.
- Materials:
- glass , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , wax , mica and cotton (fibre)
- Object Number:
- A78555/1
- type:
- foreign body and jar
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
