Media Features

Down the Hatch and Straight Into Medical History
by Amanda Schaffer
The New York Times — January 10, 2011

"Swallow": The strange things people swallow
by Thomas Rogers
Salon.com — December 18, 2010

Book and Media Reviews: Swallow
by Tony Miksanek, MD
Journal of the American Medical Association — April 6, 2011

Book Review: Swallow
by Ian Miller, University College, Dublin
Social History of Medicine — August 8, 2011

Thousands of Swallowed Objects Form Curious Collection
by Marc Hartzman
Aol News — April 27, 2011

The Speculator: Swallow
by Paul Di Filippo
barnesandnoblereview.com — January 20, 2011

Meditations on the writing of Swallow
Mary Cappello's guest author blog
Powells.com — January 10-14, 2011

13 Real and Imaginary Things People Have Swallowed
Mary Cappello's commentary on photographs from Swallow
The Huffington Post — January 22, 2011

'Swallow ...' tells story of a doc who retrieved foreign objects from patients
by Molly Eichel
Philadelphia Daily News — April 30, 2011

More Than a Frog in the Throat:
Safety pins in the esophagus // Buttons in the stomach // Sewing needles in the bronchi // All extracted and kept by one curious doctor.

by Mary Cappello
ProTo magazine*— Spring 2011

*proto, a prefix of progress, connotes first, novel, experimental. Alone, it conjures an entire world of the new: discoveries, directions, ideas. In taking proto as its name, this magazine stakes its ground on medicine's leading edge—exploring breakthroughs, dissecting controversies and opening a forum for informed debate.


Finder of Lost Objects Saved Lives, Left Medical Legacy
by Carolyn Krupa
American Medical News — March 21, 2011



What children eat? An incredible list of curiosities
by Daniel Nicolescu
Ziarul Financiar — February 17, 2011

Swallow: Foreign Bodies by Mary Cappello – review
by Christopher Turner
The Guardian — June 4, 2011

Chevelier Jackson
by Christine Quigley
Quigley's Cabinet — February 3, 2011