Behrend, Piegu, and others cite analogous instances.
The presence of a foreign body in the larynx is at all times the cause of distressing symptoms, and, sometimes, a substance of the smallest size will cause death.

There is a curious accident recorded that happened to a young man of twenty-three, who was anesthetized in order to extract a tooth.

A cork had been placed between the teeth to keep the mouth open.

The tooth was extracted but slipped from the forceps, and, together with the cork, fell into the pharynx.

The tooth was ejected in an effort at vomiting, but the cork entered the larynx, and, after violent struggles, asphyxiation caused death in an hour.