g sleep, unconsciously swallowed
lice which were afterward found in the stools.

There is an abundance of cases in which leeches have been accidentally
swallowed. Pliny, Aetius, Dioscorides, Scribonius-Largus, Celsus,
Oribasius, Paulus Aegineta, and others, describe such cases.
Bartholinus speaks of a Neapolitan prince who, while hunting, quenched
his thirst in a brook, putting his mouth in the running water. In this
way he swallowed a leech, which subsequently caused annoying hemorrhage
from the mouth. Timaeus mentions a child of five who swallowed several
leeches, and who died of abdominal pains, hemorrhage, and convulsions.
Rhodius, Riverius, and Zwinger make similar observations. According to
Baron Larrey the French soldiers in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
occasionally swallowed leeches. Grandchamp and Duval have commented on
curious observations of leeches in the digestive tract. Dumas and
Marques also speak of the swallowing of leeches. Colter reports a case
in which beetles were vomited. Wright remarks on Banon's case of
fresh-water shrimps passed from the human intestine. Dalton, Dickman,
and others, have discussed the possibility of a slug living in the
stomach of man. Pichells speaks of a case in which beetles were
expelled from the stomach; and Pigault gives an account of a living
lizard expelled by vomiting. Fontaine, Gaspard, Vetillart, Ribert,
MacAlister, and Waters record cases in which living caterpillars have
been swallowed.

Sundry Cases.--The variety of foreign bodies that have been swallowed
either accidentally or for exhibitional or suicidal purposes is
enormous. Nearly every imaginable article from the minutest to the most
incredible size has been reported. To begin to epitomize the literature
on this subject would in itself consume a volume, and only a few
instances can be given here, chosen in such a way as to show the
variety, the effects, and the possibilities of their passage through
the intestinal canal.

Chopart says that in 1774 the belly of a ravenous galley-slave was
opened, and in the stomach were found 52 foreign bodies, including a
barrel-hoop 19 inches long, nails, pieces of pipe, spoons, buckles,
seeds, glass, and a knife. In the intestines of a person Agnew found a
pair of suspenders, a mass of straw, and three roller-bandages, an inch
in width and diameter. Velpeau mentions a fork which was passed from
the anus twenty months after it was swallowed. Wilson mentions an
instance