Show GETS LITTLE PIECE OF WOOD BECOMES THE CAUSE OF MUCH ANXIETY vv AND PAIN TO PATROLMAN LAST NIGHT during a fit of coughing of toothpick is sucked down the throat and is lodged there patrolman robert burke met witha most peculiar experience last evening and one that caused him some of pain and worriment he was pasting along ills beat as neual about midnight and a i the habit of many wag idly chewing a portion of A toothpick which iw held in hit teeth suddenly ho waa attacked by A violent apell or coughing and during it the piece of toothpick wai drawn down his throat and lodged in the the little piece of wood caused the officer much pain and incon and he wait finally obliged to go to dr dickason in nn attempt to secure relief the worked in an effort to remove the obstacle in the throat for over two hours and finally euc ceded in moving ithe piece of wood so that neither end was embedded imbedded im in the membrane alren it was cagily cast out by an exhalation it was a peculiar yet painful experience and is an example of how slight a thing may causa danger and pain to a person |