As reported in "The Emergency Room" of The American Medical News April 1991 Medical researchers, tabulating cases in which items were recovered from the rectums of patients, reported 700 items from 200 patients, including: a live, shaved, declawed gerbil a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's syrup an ax handle a 9 inch zucchini a 14 inch vibrator with two D cell batteries a plastic spatula a 9 12 inch water bottle a Coke bottle a 3 12 inch Japanese float ball an 11 inch carrot an antenna rod a 150 watt light bulb a screwdriver four rubber balls jeweler's saws all from the same patient 29 at one time a paperweight an apple an onion a plastic toothbrush package a frozen pig's tail which got stuck after it was thawed a 10 inch length of broomstick an 18 inch umbrella handle a banana encased in a condom Vaseline jars a whisky bottle with a cord attached a teacup an oil can a 6 inch by 5 inch tool box weighing 22 ounces a 6 inch stone weighing two pounds a baby powder can a test tube a ballpoint pen a peanut butter jar a flashlight a turnip a pair of eyeglasses a hard-boiled egg several tumblers and glasses a file a polyethylene waste trap from the U bend of a sink a Carborundum grindstone with handle