A polypus in the womb is less easily recognized.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
529. 1829. "On polypus Nasi."
"The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"
Robert Peter
There was also John Hunter, described by Haydn as "the greatest and most celebrated chyrurgus in London," who vainly tried to persuade him to have a polypus removed from his nose.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden