The intestine was, without doubt, pierced in two of its curves, which was demonstrated later by an autopsy.

A plastic exudation had evidently agglutinated the intestine at the points of penetration, and prevented an immediate fatal issue.

Erichsen practiced extraction eight months after the accident, and a pencil 5 1/2 inches long, having a strong fecal odor, was brought out.

The patient died the fourth day after the operation, from peritonitis, and an autopsy showed the perforation and agglutination of the two intestinal curvatures.
Getchell relates the description of a calculus in the vagina, formed about a hair-pin as a nucleus.

It is reported that a country girl came to the Hotel-Dieu to consult Dupoytren, and stated that several years before she had been violated by some soldiers, who had introduced an unknown foreign body into her vagina, which she never could extract.
Dupuytren found this to be a small metallic pot, two inches in diameter, with its concavity toward the uterus.