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Show Carried a Coin Between His Ribs for Eight Months A very unusual operation was performed per-formed on a 6- ear-old boy nt the Mil-lei Mil-lei hospital '.ondon, a few d iy ago, a halfpenny was extraited from between his ribs where It had been lodged for six months The boy wns admitted to the hospital suffeilng from binssy cough nnd Iigm-Kltntlon Iigm-Kltntlon of food accompanied bj ilse of tempeiatuie the history of the case elUlted the fan that sit months ngo tho little p-itient had swallowed i hnlf-onn hnlf-onn Tor the first thiee weeks fol-Ijwlng fol-Ijwlng the incident ho ileilvnd he loull tasto the ha'penny,' in I he lomplilned of lain undet tho ihln every time he took food When taken to tho hospital ho was eimlned b the X-ris The coin vv is found Impacted betwten the third and fourth rib wheie It ha I lodged The boy was anucthctlzert and at attempt was mule to mnvt the oln with the tniii catcher As this effoit failed the liohing was tried and on the seiond attempt the inln was found to be Ivlng fiee In the ph irvnx It wns quite bin k In color, and whs enthely coveted on one siirfacu with an Inllimmntorj exudation |