Bigelow reports the case of a woman who habitually introduced hair-pins and common pins into her bladder.

She acquired this mania after an attempt at dilatation of the urethra in the relief of an obstinate case of strangury.

Rode reports the case of a woman who had introduced a hog's penis into her urethra.
It was removed by an incision into this canal, but the patient died in five days of septicemia.

There is a curious case quoted of a young domestic of fourteen who was first seen suffering with pain in the sides of the genital organs, retention of urine, and violent tenesmus.
She was examined by a midwife who found nothing, but on the following day the patient felt it necessary to go to bed.

Her general symptoms persisted, and meanwhile the bladder became much distended.