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While swallowed coins typically traverse the alimentary tract without further incident, care must be taken to monitor patients, as reaction of the metals in the coin with gastric acid and other digestive juices may produce various toxic compounds if the coin remains within the alimentary tract for a prolonged period of time.
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The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) gave The Coin Collector's Survival Manual twelve awards, including "Book of the Year" in 1984 and in 2006 for the fifth edition, where it was tied. [6] [7] The revised seventh edition was named "Best Investment Book" in 2016. [8] The book has been cited in various news articles as authoritative about ...
Ingestion of water 2 hours prior to a procedure results in smaller gastric volumes and higher gastric pH when compared with those who ingested > 4 hours prior. The volume of liquid is less important than the type of liquid ingested. [4] Non-emergency surgical cases should be delayed for NPO status.
The cash coin became the main standard currency of China in 221 BC with the Ban Liang (半兩) and would be produced until 1912 AD there with the Minguo Tongbao (民國通寳). Cash coins are characterised by their round outer shape and a square center hole (Chinese: 方穿; pinyin: fāng chuān; Jyutping: fong1 cyun1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chhoan).
Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body. [2] Symptoms may include abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, irritability, memory problems, infertility, numbness and tingling in the hands and feet. [1]
The prevalence of pica is difficult to establish because of differences in definition and the reluctance of patients to admit to abnormal cravings and ingestion, [5] thus leading to the prevalence recordings of pica among at-risk groups being in the range of 8% to 65% depending on the study. [7]
Coins minted with a die break have a thin line or lines that are raised running across the surface of the coin. Below is a photograph of a 1954-S Jefferson nickel with a die crack along the top of the portrait of Jefferson. A die break can create coins that have deep impressions in a coin that is filled in with metal.