Foreign body

Made:: 1897

Foreign body, a farthing of 1897

Foreign body, a farthing of 1897
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Foreign body, a farthing of 1897, swallowed by girl aged 7 in 1903, mounted on card with notes by Dr. Spiers

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A622908

Materials:: copper (alloy) and cardboard

Measurements:: overall: 3 mm x 75 mm x 115 mm, , .05kg

type:: foreign body and coin

credit:: Speirs, H.

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