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1. An interesting collection can be seen today in the Museum of Medical History Mutter, in Philadelphia. Nails, pins, keychains, pins and even a dog toy: the American doctor Chevalier Jackson (1865 - 1958) was an unusual hobbi- he collected objects that swallowed his patients.





2. Even small opera binoculars fall into the esophagus. For the doctor, who practiced in the late 19th and early 20th century, in Pittsburgh, the removal of objects from the throat or stomach, was not only a medical concern. "Undoubtedly, it was a fetishist," says Mary Cappello, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, "However, his mania to help save many lives.»



3. Mary Cappello wrote a book about the doctor and his strange infatuation. In addition, more than 2,000 items in the collection can be seen today in the museum, located at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. Among them is a picture of a patient who had swallowed a pin.



4. surgery to remove the items at a time usually ends tragichno- patient died. Therefore, doctors are able to help these poor fellows, almost was not. According to Capello, Jackson often operated on without anesthesia, but more than 95% of cases, successfully.



5. Michael Little, however, could not even help Jackson. At the age of 4 years, he swallowed a coin, then the doctors could not find a foreign body. In the picture you can see how the inflammation caused by a coin, deformed boy's body. Michael lived only 10 years.



6. A doctor in his typical pose Jackson examines the foreign object, which he found in the body of the patient. As far as he was obsessed with his hobby, show not only the pictures and documents, but also the stories. One of them: Coins in a quarter that had swallowed the boy, the doctor would not like to return the patient to his father. Even the threat, distress at the time of the family were in vain. However, when Jackson learned that the boy severely punished for "loss", he paid the family of a half dollar. And yet all-treasured coin has expanded his collection.



7. Illustration to an article Dzheksona. The doctor thought it his duty to focus public attention on the dangers posed by ingested objects. He also advocated that the company placed on warned of poisonous substances, such as alkali.



8. Of the alkali soap is then prepared and can be found in every home. Children often swallow chemicals similar in appearance to sugar, and burn the esophagus itself. In the picture, patients in a clinic in Jackson.



9. To get items from the throat or stomach, Jackson devised a variety of tools. It is they who first coined the endoscope with a light bulb.



10. Gastroenterologist Botmen Alene, from the University of Miami, said of Jackson as "a true scientist, who has invested a great contribution to the development of medicine and in spite of this, alas, is almost forgotten."



11. Each object in the collection is equipped with a number of Jackson and the frame.



12. Some items deliberately swallowed. The book Cappello, you can also find a lot of sword swallowers.



13. By the way, nice to Jackson risoval- he illustrated his books and articles.



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