Chevers has collected five cases in which death was caused by living fish entering the mouth and occluding the air-passages.

He has mentioned a case in which a large catfish jumped into the mouth of a Madras bheestie.

An operation on the esophagus was immediately commenced, but abandoned, and an attempt made to push the fish down with a probang, which was, in a measure, successful.

However, the patient gave a convulsive struggle, and, to all appearances, died.

The trachea was immediately opened, and respiration was restored.