Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia | Drawings of Swallowed Objects by Dr. Chevalier Jackson @theMutterMuseum | Uploaded June 2012 | Updated October 2024, 15 minutes ago.
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Every Monday The Director of the Mütter Museum takes a minute to showcase an item from our collection. This week Robert showcases a set of drawings of swallowed objects by Dr. Chevalier Jackson. Dr. Chevalier Jackson was a laryngologist and he essentially invented the modern science of endoscopy of the upper airway and esophagus, using hollow tubes with illumination (esophagoscopes and bronchoscopes). He developed methods for removing foreign bodies from the esophagus and the airway with great safety — a huge advance for a condition that previously had often been a death sentence, with a high mortality from the object itself or from complications of chest surgery in the 19th century.

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