Houston mentions a maniac who swallowed a rusty iron spoon 11 inches long.

Fatal peritonitis ensued and the spoon was found impacted in the last acute turn of the duodenum.

In 1895, in London, there was exhibited a specimen, including the end of the ileum with the adjacent end of the colon, showing a dessert spoon which was impacted in the latter.

The spoon was seven inches long, and its bowl measured 1 1/2 inches across.

There was much ulceration of the mucous membrane.
This spoon had been swallowed by a lunatic of twenty-two, who had made two previous ineffectual attempts at suicide.