Cloquet mentions that at an autopsy of a woman who had a pewter goblet in her vagina, lead oxid was found in the gangrenous debris.
Long Retention of Pessaries, etc .-- The length of time during which pessaries may remain in the vagina is sometimes astonishing.

The accompanying illustration shows the phosphatic deposits and incrustations around a pessary after a long sojourn in the vagina.

The specimen is in the Musee Dupoytren.

Pinet mentions a pessary that remained in situ for twenty-five years.

Gerould of Massilon, Ohio, reports a case in which a pessary had been worn by a German woman of eighty-four for more than fifty years.