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August 05, 2009

A nose for trouble:

A selection of objects described in the medical literature that have ended up in the brain via the nose:

A chopstick.

A ball-point pen.

A flying wire fragment.

A plastic stick.

A snooker cue.

A miniature fencing foil.

A gear stick.


Vaughan.

Posted at August 5, 2009 12:00 PM

Comments

Rhodora Online says:

Among ancient sources of history we also find the story of a mosquito entering Nimrod's brain and biting his brain off into insanity.

Comment posted at August 7, 2009 04:34 PM

sreid01 says:

Well, if there is a hole or opening for something to accidentally go through, anything is capable of going through it.

Comment posted at August 9, 2009 12:31 AM

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