Dr. passion to "remove foreign matter", a strange collection that collects all kinds of foreign objects swallowed by people

He played an active part from the end of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th centurylarynxA doctorChevalier JacksonDr. (1865-1958) was devoting efforts to the development of a safe surgical method to remove foreign matter that children and others had swallowed and inhaled, and from "accidental drinking" which often developed into a life-threatening situation at the time It is a person who saves the lives of many people and even "one of the greatest laryngologists ever".

A strange collection of strange collections that Dr. Jackson preserved over 2000 pieces of all foreign debris removed from the patient's respiratory tract and esophagus is said to be exhibited in the museum in Philadelphia, USA.

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Dr. Jackson's "foreign body collection" is the oldest medical association in the United StatesCollege of Physicians of PhiladelphiaMuseumMutter MuseumIt is stored in. This strange collection and Dr. Jackson felt unexpectedly attracted to that person, he says that he investigated as if he tried squatting downUniversity of Rhode IslandProfessor of English Linguistics by Professor Mary Cappello "Swallow"Was published by New Press, and in response to this, at the museum the exhibition was changed from February 2011 under the supervision of Professor Cappello and it has become more impressive content.


X-ray imaging of a toy dog ​​swallowed by a 3 year old child, a safety pin swallowed by a nine-month old baby, and a toy binocular tasted by a 4 year old child.


In the latter half of the nineteenth century, which had high mortality rates of all surgeries and no anesthesiology development, few doctors had done surgery to remove foreign bodies from the respiratory tract and esophagus of the people, but a foreign body that Dr. Jackson imposed Removal surgery boasts a high survival rate of 95%. Dr. Jacksson used his own endoscope attached to the tip of a rod to insert a small lamp into his / her throat, whereas previous doctors used the endoscope with a lamp outside the patient's mouth In addition to working on the development of safer and more reliable surgical methods such as using, I will bring peanuts day after dayforcepsIt seems he did not spare time to polish his own skills, such as crushing with delicate powers and training surgery with a mannequin.

In addition, Dr. Jackson also made efforts to raise awareness of the risk of "foreign body ingestion" to the public and healthcare personnel, and said, "Everything is not too overworked, no matter how cheap it is, do not drink milk It is said that he continued advocating souring his lifetime mouth! "Parents who had children in the hands of a doctor had their children eat peanuts before their molars grew fined would have been fined," Cappello says.

Although he is Dr. Jackson who contributed to the development of medicine that salvaged many lives, there were parts that were seen as "lonely deformities" by contemporaries. However, in many cases, in a situation without anesthesia, soothing small children and relieving them, reassuring them, making them calm and making a foreign body removal surgery successful is actually a person with a high interpersonal skill and full of affection and compassion It was also thought that it was.

At that time in the US it is used to make soapCaustic sodaWere often placed in the kitchen of ordinary households, and since they looked like sugar, accidental ingestion by children remained afterwards. Swallowing caustic soda will cause the esophagus to burn and it will not be possible to swallow anything. Dr. Jackson did lobbying for legislation passing legislation to oblige warning signs and toxic substances including caustic soda, and also developed a treatment method to swallow a long tube as a method of expanding the esophagus of inflamed children in the throat "Imagine that you became a circus knife drinking entertainer, encouraging children to envy other children."

Dr. Jackson said that the body was small bullied when it was small, being blindfolded, thrown into a coal mine, stunned, and died. After becoming an adult and becoming a doctor, Professor Cappello says, "There are parts that saved myself by saving the lives of people," he says.


Dr. Jackson who may have been a warm heart actually though it seems to be a weirdo in the surroundings, but in collection and preservation of the foreign matter taken out by surgery it is said that he showed extraordinary commitment to call "strange" about.

Even when the father of a boy who swallowed a 25 cent coin threatened Dr. Jackson, "I will kill if I do not return coins", Dr. Dr. said, "All foreign objects taken from the airways and esophagus can bring future children It will be gathered as an academic sample for the development of medical science to save it. " When this father hit eight and hit a boy and made a bone fracture, the doctor who finished it seemed that he gave 50 cents to this family, but it seems that he never returned the 25 cent coin actually taken out.