July 29, 2003

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  (c) A live shell, which needed careful handling.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  FOREIGN BODIES IN THE RECTUM

  
  

  from Bailey & Love’s Short Practice Of Surgery, 21st Edition (Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992) – pages 1219-1220.

  
  

  “The variety of foreign bodies which have found their way into the rectum is hardly less remarkable than the ingenuity displayed in their removal (Fig. 52.7). A turnip has been delievered per anum by the use of obstetric forceps. A stick firmly impacted has been withdrawn by inserting a gimlet into its lower end. A tumbler, mouth looking downwards, has been extracted by filling the interior with a wet plaster of Paris bandage, leavin gthe end of the bandage protruding, and allowing the plaster to set.” (O. Lloyd-Davies, 1905-87, Consultant Surgeon, St. Mark’s Hospital, London)

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