muco-purulent fluid, and on the third day complete aphonia, but the
symptoms gradually disappeared, and recovery was complete in eight
days. Dantra is accredited with describing asphyxiation, accompanied by
great agony, in a man who, while swimming, had partially swallowed a
live fish. The fish was about three inches in length and one in
breadth, and was found lying on the dorsum of his tongue and, together
with numerous clots of blood, filled his mouth. Futile attempts to
extract the fish by forceps were made. Examination showed that the fish
had firmly grasped the patient's uvula, which it was induced to
relinquish when its head was seized by the forceps and pressed from
side to side. After this it was easily extracted and lived for some
time. There was little hemorrhage after the removal of the offending
object, and the blood had evidently come from the injuries to the sides
of the mouth, caused by the fins. The uvula was bitten, not torn.
There is an interesting account of a native of India, who, while
fishing in a stream, caught a flat eel-like fish from fifteen to
sixteen inches long. After the fashion of his fellows he attempted to
kill the eel by biting off its head; in the attempt the fish slipped
into his gullet, and owing to its sharp fins could not be withdrawn.
The man died one hour later in the greatest agony; so firmly was the
eel impacted that even after death it could not be extracted, and the
man was buried with it protruding from his mouth.

A Leech in the Pharynx.--Granger, a surgeon in Her Majesty's Indian
Service, writes:--"Several days ago I received a note from the
political sirdar, asking me if I would see a man who said he had a
leech in his throat which he was unable to get rid of. I was somewhat
sceptical, and thought that possibly the man might be laboring under a
delusion. On going outside the fort to see the case, I found an old
Pathan graybeard waiting for me. On seeing me, he at once spat out a
large quantity of dark, half-clotted blood to assure me of the serious
nature of his complaint. His history--mostly made out with the aid of
interpreters--was that eleven days ago he was drinking from a
rain-water tank and felt something stick in his throat, which he could
not reject. He felt this thing moving, and it caused difficulty in
swallowing, and occasionally vomiting. On the following day he began to
spit up blood, and this continued until he saw me. He stated that he
once vomited bloo