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Girl, 3, falls ill chewing on thermometer
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-13 10:32

A 3-year-old girl became severely ill after she bit into the liquid inside a thermometer when her grandmother used to take her temperature.

After she caught a cold on Wednesday, the woman in Shenyang, Liaoning province, tried to take the girl's temperature but was turned down.

She poured some honey on the tip of the instrument to encourage her to open her mouth. The girl bit into it and she was rushed to the hospital after she fell ill.

(Shenyang Evening News)