File:Tie pin surgically removed at Charing Cross Hospital, London Wellcome L0058763.jpg

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Tie pin surgically removed at Charing Cross Hospital, London
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Tie pin surgically removed at Charing Cross Hospital, London
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Made of metal and glass, this tie pin was swallowed by a child who was taken to Charing Cross Hospital in London on the evening of 11 September 1918. After examining the throat nothing was found. Fortunately, a quarter of an hour later the child vomited up the pin. Some children seem unable to avoid the temptation to experiment in this way at some point in their lives and today such visitors to hospital accident and emergency departments are by no means a rarity.

The pin was donated to the Wellcome collections in 1930 by Claude E Woakes, a laryngologist, and is one of a number of ‘surgically removed objects’ which are held in the medical collections.

maker: Unknown maker

Place made: United Kingdom

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Keywords: foreign body; tie pin; Foreign Bodies
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  • Library reference: Science Museum A650799
  • Photo number: L0058763
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