So who was this man, and what caused his death? Dr. Marks tells us that the unlucky person was the American short story writer and novelist Sherwood Anderson. The item happened to have been inside an appetizer (hotdog or olive in a martini). The American Medical Assoc. Journal reports that this tiny killer is…………..........................................
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Anderson felt pain in his abdomen pain, and went to the hospital. Since most toothpiks are made of wood, they cannot be digested. They can cause a blood sepsis, and in his case, it caused peritonitis. He died three days later.
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