Foreign body

Made:
1901-1918

Foreign body, a teaspoon accidentally swallowed by 74 year old male on 16th April 1918, passed naturally per rectum about a month later, English, 1901-1918

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622916
Materials:
brass, nickel silver plated
Measurements:
length 141 mm
width 31 mm
height 18 mm
type:
foreign bodies
credit:
Rewell Atkinson, T.

Parts

Accidentally swallowed teaspoon

Accidentally swallowed teaspoon

Teaspoon accidentally swallowed by 74 year old male on 16th April 1918, passed naturally via the rectum about a month later

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A622916/1
type:
teaspoon
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Typed information about the history of the teaspoon and its accidental swallowing

Typed label

Typed information about the history of the teaspoon and its accidental swallowing

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A622916/2
type:
label

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