Roosa cites a curious case of sudden and
profound deafness in a young man in perfect health, while calling
upon the parents of his lady-love to ask her hand in marriage.
Strange to say that after he had had a favorable reply he
gradually recovered his hearing! In the same paper there is an
instance of a case of deafness due to the sudden cessation of
perspiration, and an instance of tinnitus due to the excessive
use of tobacco; Roosa also mentions a case of deafness due to
excessive mental employment.
Perforation of the Tympanum.--Kealy relates an instance in which
a pin was introduced into the left ear to relieve an intolerable
itching. It perforated the tympanum, and before the expiration of
twenty-four hours was coughed up from the throat with a small
quantity of blood. The pin was bent at an angle of about 120
degrees. Another similar case was that of a girl of twenty-two
who, while pricking her ear with a hair-pin, was jerked or struck
on the arm by a child, and the pin forced into the ear; great
pain and deafness followed, together with the loss of taste on
the same side of the tongue; after treatment both of the
disturbed senses were restored. A man of twenty was pricked in
the ear by a needle entering the meatus.
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