C., in the summer of 1894; and many others are
recorded. The insects are frequently removed only after a
prolonged lodgment.
D'Aguanno gives an account of two instances of living larvae of
the musca sarcophaga in the ears of children. In one of the cases
the larvae entered the drum-cavity through a rupture in the
tympanic membrane. In both cases the maggots were removed by
forceps. Haug has observed a tic (ixodes ricinus) in the ear of a
lad of seventeen. The creature was killed by a mercuric-chlorid
solution, and removed with a probe.
There is a common superstition that centipedes have the faculty
of entering the ear and penetrating the brain, causing death. The
authors have knowledge of an instance in which three small
centipedes were taken from the ear of a policeman after remaining
there three days; during this time they caused excruciating pain,
but there was no permanent injury. The Ephemerides contains
instances in which, while yet living, worms, crickets, ants, and
beetles have all been taken from the ear. In one case the
entrance of a cricket in the auditory canal was the cause of
death. Martin gives an instance in which larvae were deposited in
the ear. Stalpart van der Wiel relates an instance of the
lodgment of a living spider in the ear.
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