She had already had attacks of peritonitis and hemorrhage, and a urethrovaginal fistula was found.

The bobbin itself was black.

This patient had been married twice, and had been cared for by physicians, but the existence of a body 3/4 inch long had never been noticed.

Poulet quotes two curious cases: in one a pregnant woman was examined by a doctor who diagnosticated carcinomatous degeneration of the neck of the uterus.

Capuron, who was consulted relative to the case, did not believe that the state of the woman's health warranted the diagnosis, and on further examination the growth was found to have been a sponge which had previously been introduced by the woman into the vagina.