The Lancaster Ledger

A Man Swallowing His Teeth.—Mr. Edward Scanlan a druggist in Cincinnati recently had three teeth upon a gold plate placed in his mouth. On Tuesday night last, while asleep, the plate became loose and Mr. S. swallowed it a short distance below the palate, when the suffocation it occasioned caused him to awake. He could not get it up nor down, and thus stationary, it gave him much pain. The anterior portion of the neck became swollen and it was thought that lock-jaw would ensue, but prompt medical aid averted the danger, though he is still in a precarious condition.