After this it was easily extracted and lived for some time.

There was little hemorrhage after the removal of the offending object, and the blood had evidently come from the injuries to the sides of the mouth, caused by the fins.

The uvula was bitten, not torn.
There is an interesting account of a native of India, who, while fishing in a stream, caught a flat eel-like fish from fifteen to sixteen inches long.

After the fashion of his fellows he attempted to kill the eel by biting off its head; in the attempt the fish slipped into his gullet, and owing to its sharp fins could not be withdrawn.
The man died one hour later in the greatest agony; so firmly was the eel impacted that even after death it could not be extracted, and the man was buried with it protruding from his mouth.
A Leech in the Pharynx .-- Granger, a surgeon in Her Majesty's Indian Service, writes:--"Several days ago I received a note from the political sirdar, asking me if I would see a man who said he had a leech in his throat which he was unable to get rid of.

I was somewhat sceptical, and thought that possibly the man might be laboring under a delusion.