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An Unusual and Interesting Case of Fracture of Magnet in Attempted Removal of Foreign Body from Stomach

MORRIS S. BENDER, M.D.; SAM CLAYTON, M.D., D.D.S.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1950;51(4):616-618.

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Several years ago the General Electric Company introduced a magnet made from an alloy of aluminum, nickel, cobalt and iron, fused under high pressure at almost melting point, in reducing gas. It is the most powerful of several such alloys and is known as "cast alnico-V" and can lift twenty-five times its own weight. Another characteristic is that it can be easily remagnetized should it lose this property. However, this alloy is quite brittle and therefore subject to easy fracture, which may lead to embarrassing complications.

The surgical removal of obstructing metallic foreign bodies in the stomach and duodenum is fraught with danger, even in these days of chemotherapy. Recently, there have been several reports by Murdoch Equen of the use of the "alnico" magnet for extracting metallic foreign bodies from the stomach and the duodenum. By attaching a rod of "alnico" alloy measuring 5 by 0.5 cm. in diameter . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Director, Department of Otolaryngology, Queens General Hospital; Assistant Attending, Department of Otolaryngology, Queens General Hospital JAMAICA, N. Y.

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