A similar instrument found by Gosselin
had remained in the vagina thirty-six years, and was incrustated
with calcareous salts. Metal is always attacked by the vaginal
secretions in the most marked manner. Cloquet mentions that at an
autopsy of a woman who had a pewter goblet in her vagina, lead
oxid was found in the gangrenous debris.
Long Retention of Pessaries, etc.--The length of time during
which pessaries may remain in the vagina is sometimes
astonishing. The accompanying illustration shows the phosphatic
deposits and incrustations around a pessary after a long sojourn
in the vagina. The specimen is in the Musee Dupoytren. Pinet
mentions a pessary that remained in situ for twenty-five years.
Gerould of Massilon, Ohio, reports a case in which a pessary had
been worn by a German woman of eighty-four for more than fifty
years. She had forgotten its existence until reminded of it by
irritation some years before death. It was remarkable that when
the pessary was removed it was found to have largely retained its
original wax covering. Hurxthal mentions the removal of a pessary
which had been in the pelvis for forty-one years. Jackson speaks
of a glove-pessary remaining in the vagina thirty-five years.
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