Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-24 | Page 11 | Physicians Remove Hair Ornament from Esophagus of S. L. Girl

l x r physicians Remove Hair Ornament I I from Esophagus of S. S SL L L. Girl 5 i 7 c 4 7 if f i f j S SSt St S S SS S S 5 5 1 S if 4 I. I B ARE PRETTY BUT ILL I'LL TAKE RIBBONS' RIBBONS Doreen Porcen Keegan barrette removed from esophagus T Child Recovering After Speedy Surgical Work A happy ending Wa was written j Monday to the thEt story of ot little Miss Doreen Keegan KeeganS 5 who put a pins plas- tic tlc hair ornament in her mouth I Instead of ol on oTt her shiny brown brownI I tresses Prompt action by surgeons removed removed removed re re- re- re moved the ornament used to keep lock Jocks of ot hair in place from deep deep down In her esophagus or stomach tube ube after X-ray X photographs lo located located lo- lo o the alien aIlen object early Sunday Sun Sun- day The incident occurred Saturday evening at the home borne of ol her parents parents parents par par- Sergeant Se and Mrs Alexander Keegan Keegen East Third South street treet The Salt Lake air base officer and his wife wile were startled and nd frightened when their daughter daugh- daugh ter er cried out and held up one ornament ornament ornament orna orna- ment known as a barrette Instead in instead instead In- In stead of two they had bought for her earlier in the dayI day I I Swallowed It ItI ItI ItI I swallowed the other one Doreen Doreen Do- Do reen een cried Army surgeons at the Fort Douglas post hospital joined with witha a civilian surgeon to remove the ornament with an about 2 30 a a. a m m. Sunday and Doreen Doreen Doreen Do Do- reen save for an itchy feeling caused by slight lacerations in the esophagus was good as new It Jt was the fourth recent surgical case Involving invoking children of ol the intermountain intermountain in- in area and swallowed objects Dies in Hospital Patricia Ann Gardner month 19 old daughter of ot Mr and Mrs Cardner Gardner Gardner Gard Card ner of ot Roosevelt died in a Salt Lake hospital Saturday evening after alter swallowing a cogwheel from froma a watch Friday at her home Complications hindered surgical f forts f- f forts orts to save her life Howard Hansen old month son sonol ol of f Mr and nd Mrs Willard Hansen Spring City Utah mended rapidly after an open safety pin was re removed removed removed re- re moved from his esophagus a week ago go at the same hospital The case of Alma Scott Lloyd Jr year old Soda Springs Idaho child hild who swallowed a peanut which lodges lodged in his lung ung attracted wide nation-wide interest when th the theather father ather and victim flew to Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel- Philadel phia hia and a successful operation a week ag go