Photos: Life on the Cutting Edge Photos for:Life on the Cutting Edge Dr Jim Davidson and Dr Dan Stormont, the two who persuaded me to come to Monroe Dr Jim CurryThe reason I almost didn’t come to MonroeBut the reason I stayed FOREIGN BODIES A blade in the abdomen. Not normal in a smiling patient! The wrapping that allowed the knife to be swallowed..still not that easy! A Babygram on a young fella who swallowed a pinewood-derby-car axle (nail) Nail as it lay in the duodenum before its retreival This was how laparoroscopic Gallbladder surgery looked in the early days. circa 1993 A Laparoscopic operating room A severly inflammed Gallbladder but a wonderfully clear image Gallstone next to a thickened gallbladder Appendicits Swollen, Gangrenous Gallbladder Pus in the pelvis