DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT of SPASMODIC STRICTURE of the OESOPHAGUS

Abstract

The whistle was made of tin, and measured 4l3 inch in diameter.CASE II.Coin in iE3ophagus for Three Months.-R.E., a girl, aged 13, was admitted into hospital on February iith, com- plaining of pain and tenderness between the scapulie, with a history of having swallowed a penny three months previously.Three months previously she swallowed a penny accident- ally; it seemed to " stick" in her throat.She had been under medical treatment since for pain in the back.There was no difficulty whatever in swallowing either liquids or solids, the only symptoms complained o1 being pain and tenderness over the eighth dorsal spine.A skiagraph taken on Feb- ruary ioth revealed the penny situated just behind the 1~~~~F ig.2.-Skiagraph of penny in cesophagus.