Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them

by Mary Cappello

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An American half-dollar. A beaded crucifix. Tooth roots shaped like a tiny pair of pants. A padlock. Scads of peanut kernels and scores of safety pins. A metallic letter Z. A toy goat and tin steering wheel. A Perfect Attendance Pin.

One of the most popular attractions in Philadelphia's world-famous M tter Museum is the Chevalier Jackson Foreign Body Collection: a beguiling set of drawers filled with thousands...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595583955
• ISBN13: 9781595583956
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"