Mason describes the case of a man of sixty-five who, after death by strangulated hernia, was opened, and two inches from the ileocecal valve was found an earthen egg-cup which he had swallowed.

Mason also relates the instance of a man who swallowed metal balls 2 1/2 inches in diameter; and the case of a Frenchman who, to prevent the enemy from finding them, swallowed a box containing despatches from Napoleon.

He was kept prisoner until the despatches were passed from his bowels.

Denby discovered a large egg-cup in the ileum of a man.

Fillion mentions an instance of recovery following the perforation of the jejunum by a piece of horn which had been swallowed.