The Relation of Hæmoptysis to Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Henry Tuck · New England Journal of Medicine · 1870
Iloliiies's Hole.S., with a shipmate (who corroborates the statement), went ashore for something-larger in theshape of an instru- ment.They found a large stone, which mea- sures 5J inches in length, 3J in breadth and 1\ in thickness, and weighing 1 lb.14A oz.His friend oiled its smooth surface, and then S. sat down upon its "smaller end" and slowly pushed over it his sphincters.The coveted relief was at once obtained, but the bould [erj (the reader will forgive the jeu de mol) intruder could not be grasp- ed, and they returned to the vessel, S. car- rying the stone in his rectum until the next evening, without any disagreeable sensation.Wednesday morning, a physician from the town endeavored to dislodge the mass with a pair of Hingham bucket-bails, an instru- ment, doubtless valuable, but which we have not been able to find in the very com- prehensive catalogue of surgical instru- ments upon our table.Perhaps it may be generally known by another name, or tem- porarily diverted from its ordinary use, as Addison's copper pot was, in an emergen- cy.The attempt, however, to extract was unsuccessful, but S. states that the stone disappeared, and no further efforts at remo- val wen; made until the arrival of the Venilla at her wharf in East Boston.