Every
attempt on her part to remove the hair-pin by traction on its
projecting prong--she durst not force it INWARD for fear of
wounding the drumhead--had served but to bury the point of the
broken prong more deeply into the flesh of the canal, thereby
increasing her suffering. Advised by her family physician not to
delay, she forthwith sought advice and aid. On examination, it
was found that the lower prong of the "invisible hair-pin" had
broken at the outer end of its wavy portion, and seemed firmly
imbedded in the floor of the auditory canal, now quite inflamed,
at a point about one-third of its depth from the outlet of the
canal. The loop or turn of the hair-pin was about 1/2 inch from
the flaccid portion of the drumhead, and, together with the
unbroken prong, it lay closely against the roof of the canal.
Projecting from the meatus there was enough of this prong to be
easily grasped between one's thumb and finger. Removal of the
hair-pin was effected by first inserting within the meatus a
Gruber speculum, encircling the unbroken projecting prong, and
then raising the end of the broken one with a long-shanked aural
hook, when the hair-pin was readily withdrawn. The wound of the
canal-floor promptly healed.
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