. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ture by experi-ments on the cadaver before we can speakwith certainty of small lesions. The accompanying prints need little by our unfamiliarity with the normal intra- explanation. FOREIGN BODY IN THE BRONCHUS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS By I. SETH HIRSCH, NEW YORK CITY AS illustrative of the relative toleranceof the bronchi to metallic foreignbodies, so strikingly in contrast to the almostimmediate reaction which follows the entryof vegetable foreign bodies, because of thetendency of the latter to disintegration andmigr
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ture by experi-ments on the cadaver before we can speakwith certainty of small lesions. The accompanying prints need little by our unfamiliarity with the normal intra- explanation. FOREIGN BODY IN THE BRONCHUS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS By I. SETH HIRSCH, NEW YORK CITY AS illustrative of the relative toleranceof the bronchi to metallic foreignbodies, so strikingly in contrast to the almostimmediate reaction which follows the entryof vegetable foreign bodies, because of thetendency of the latter to disintegration andmigration (Begin has called this class offoreign bodies progressors) the followingcase is reported: practically free of symptoms, with the ex-ception of a very slight cough. There was noshortness of breath, no purulent expectora-tion. Six months ago he coughed up a con-siderable quantity of bright red blood. Afterthis he again felt the sensation of somethingmoving up and down in his wind pipe fortwo weeks. During this time the coughingwas verv severe and he had considerable ex-. FiGS. I AND 2. Pl. a. No. 220543; Serial No. 70543, July, 1920. Coin (dime) in Left and Atelectasis of Left Upper Lobe, Fibrosis and Atelectasis of Left Lower Lobe. M. G., aged forty-five, entered BellevueHospital because of hemoptysis. The follow-ing history was obtained: Fifteen years agohe was holding a dime in his mouth andsomeone slapped him on the back and hefelt the coin go down. He thought he swal-lowed it. He coughed for about ten minutesafter this, trying tc get the foreign body upbut without avail. He was not short ofbreath and went about his work as usual,though for six months following the acci-dent he could feel something moving upand down in his chest. During this time hecoughed but very slightly. From that time,however, until six months ago he has been pectoration with it. The symptoms abatedand he was practically well until two weeksago, when severe hemorrhage brought h
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