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Images in paediatrics
A misadventure with magnets
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  1. N B Soni,
  2. E Strydom,
  3. T Yuille
  1. Department of Paediatrics, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl LL18 5UJ, UK; nbsonihotmail.com

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.043448

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      This child tried to explore whether magnets can stick to each other in spite of skin being interposed between them. As magnets were powerful, he could not separate them for four days. It required local anaesthesia to separate them but damage to foreskin may need circumcision in future.


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