It contained a solid black substance of a most fetid odor.
Foreign bodies are generally introduced in the uterus either accidentally in vaginal applications, or for the purpose of producing abortion.

Zuhmeister describes a case of a woman who shortly after the first manifestations of pregnancy used a twig of a tree to penetrate the matrix.

She thrust it so strongly into the uterus that the wall was perforated, and the twig became planted in the region of the kidneys.
Although six inches long and of the volume of a goose feather, this branch remained five months in the pelvis without causing any particular inconvenience, and was finally discharged by the rectum.
Brignatelli mentions the case of a woman who, in culpable practices, introduced the stalk of a reed into her uterus.

She suffered no inconvenience until the next menstrual epoch which was accompanied by violent pains.

She presented the appearance of one in the pains of labor.