Hardly any subject has had more discussion in recent literature than the merits of this ingenious contrivance.
Foreign Bodies in the Rectum .-- Probably the most celebrated case of foreign body introduced into the rectum is the classic one mentioned by Hevin.

Some students introduced the frozen tail of a pig in the anus of a French prostitute.

The bristles were cut short, and having prepared the passage with oil, they introduced the tail with great force into the rectum, allowing a portion to protrude.

Great pain and violent symptoms followed; there was distressing vomiting, obstinate constipation, and fever.

Despite the efforts to withdraw the tail, the arrangement of the bristles which allowed entrance, prevented removal.
On the sixth day, in great agony, the woman applied to Marchettis, who ingeniously adopted the simple procedure of taking a long hollow reed, and preparing one of its extremities so that it could be introduced into the rectum, he was enabled to pass the reed entirely around the tail and to withdraw both.