Show use of magnet in surgery A boy swallowed a two wo inch nail and I 1 drew it out of him with a mag net said a young surgeon the boy was a kentuckian and the nail at first gave him no inconvenience it was the same as it if he had swail swallowed owed a piece of bread after two days though he began to have a great deal of biffl culty with his breathing and he be gan to cough I 1 was sent tor for and I 1 put the X brays rays on the lad up and down and in and out I 1 darted them and in his right bronchial tube I 1 found the nail there it stuck hard and fast no wonder he choked and coughed I 1 etherized him I 1 opened his throat and I 1 put to the orifice of the right bronchial tube a good elec tro magnet it worked instantly the big nail shot ip and with a click it attached itself to the magnet firmly I 1 drew it out and the next day the lad was well the magnet has been used in surgery to extract bullets and needles with but I 1 never heard of its extracting a nail before |