Berard presented a stick of wood extracted from the vocal cords of a child of ten, and a few other similar instances are recorded.
The Medical Press and Circular finds in an Indian contemporary some curious instances of misapplied ingenuity on the part of certain habitual criminals in that country.

The discovery on a prisoner of a heavy leaden bullet about 3/4 inch in diameter led to an inquiry as to the object to which it was applied.

It was ascertained that it served to aid in the formation of a pouch-like recess at the base of the epiglottis.

The ball is allowed to slide down to the desired position, and it is retained there for about half an hour at a time.

This operation is repeated many times daily until a pouch the desired size results, in which criminals contrive to secrete jewels, money, etc., in such a way as to defy the most careful search, and without interfering in any way with speech or respiration.