A Fish in the Left Bronchus

Sir,?1 shall feel obliged if you will publish the following case, the history of which, I trust, will interest your readers. A young boy of 17 was brought to the Municipal Hospital, Mannargudi, from a village ten miles off, with a history of a live fish having got into the respiratory passage, under peculiar circumstances. The boy?not a fisherman by profession?went out fishing one noon, with a hooked instrument, (which more or less resembles our Braun's hook, except in size), which is specially used in these parts for catching a particular kind of fish known as arrah?in Tamil. Having hooked one by the tail, he wanted to hold the head of the wriggling fish between his teeth and run a string through it. But as he attempted to do so, the fish suddenly released itself from the hook, darted into the mouth, thence into the trachea and finally lodged itself in the left bronchus. He was brought to the hospital in extreme agony about eight hours after this incident. He was blowing like a furnace and