title: [Gastric operation without anesthesia and esepsis. A report from the year 1635].
abstract: In the Chronicles of Christopher Harknock there is a report of the removal of a knife from the stomach which has slipped down the esophagus of man who wanted to induce vomiting by tickling the throat with the handle. The patient survived the operation performed without anesthesis and without asepsis, and 50 years later was still healthy and able to work.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach
vernacular_title: Magenoperation ohne Narkose und Asepsis. Bericht aus dem Jahre 1635