Show lr Diet and Health I JJ IR Aun By Lulu Luki Hunt P Peters MD M.D. I I let and Key io id the INSECTS C IX IN THE risE l EAR I A doctor hearing ai a commotion o ion In his outer office looked out to find two small boys One of them with his hands clapped to his ear and his face tace distorted with fear and pain was jumping around screaming screaming scream scream- screaming ing Hes at it a again aln Hes les at it again The small boys boy's companIon companion companion compan compan- ion explained that while they were playing his hum chum suddenly fl nn nn waS WI lumo- lumo ing ing- ing ar around in h his s ear so I he e-br e brought o- o I him to the nearest doctors doctor's of- of of office fice The doctor suspecting that an Insect had blundered in and knowing knowing knowing know know- ing how Insects are attracted to light held a flashlight up to o tie te boys boy's ear Sure enough the insect obeying its instincts slowly ambled ambled am am- bled ou out The boys the asked the doctor his fee One dollar The doctor smiled Whereupon the littie little littIe lit- lit litI tie tle fellow who was engineering the visit said In a much tone Ione Huh One dollar You didn't do to take him out He lIe just walked out by Insects in in pursuit of ot t their business business' business busi busi- ness ness ness' or pleasure sut pot not Infrequently Include eais ears in their itineraries It ItIs Itis Itis Is undoubtedly a very d disagreeable experience for both U the e insect and the host and needless to say the visitor should be ousted as soon as possible The ear wax a sticky stick waxy substance with a I rather strong strong- odor is secreted by the skin glands in the tire canal of the outer ear and was un undoubtedly de designEd designed designed de- de I signed by nature 1 to o help kill off Wandering Insects as well to lubricate lubricate lubricate cate the eat ear ear or later the ear wax would would l demolish li the h in intruder intruder in- in Jd e afu but it may a do some m Sam Sam- a a age meanwhile so the pest s should be removed as' as as possible The method used by the doctor doctorin in the story ma may mav or oJ may nc be effective In case aa- aa insect goes Into a childs child's ear and you cannot cannot cannot can can- not make It walk out by by place olace flip child n nn On hi his elfin wit with I the ear In question uppermost perm st an and pour a f teaspoon of slightly warmed glycerin or oil oil or toilet water or hydrogen peroxide ln int to his ear ar r If you ou haven't ha any of these on hand some Bome warm wann water will do This probably will cause the In Insect Insect insect In- In sect to float noat out If It not the ear should JI b be syringed lave Have the c child ee eec hold a small l basin 1 under tinder the ear I fill an all aU rubber ear s ringe with I warm water and stan standing in- in a littie little lit- lit I tie tle behind th the child pull the lie lob lobo i j o of the ear slightly backward and upward Insert the nozzle of the I syringe into the ear canal leaving plenty of or room for the water to torun torun torun run out and arId press th the bulb Continue Continue Con Con- I this tre treatment ment until the Insect in insect In- In insect sect IB is washed d out Then have the child lie on the affected sio e in order to Pet get et out the excess excess- water and wipe the ear with wisps of cotton cotton cot cot- I ton wound firmly around a too toothpick tooth too h- h pick or match TIa I It i is always wiser to ETO JO to a physician for or this treatment but I I realize that you cannot always do I that and something has lias to be done immediately tia Be sure the insect r is out I You remember tho case I told you of sometime ago that was re reported reported reported re- re I ported b by Pr Pro Paul ni bee in the American merican Me Medical Association Journal Journal Jour Jour- t nal aid It teaches us something so I 1 I fight and gambled ni my rifle and and blankets away while I was getting well That touched the me me Tommy Tomm when y you u packed me n-Je from the pass and lost my property but not so much muchas as what the younker done df Of course you ou had to todo do it but I didn't t expect nothing from him l You'll have the fight I owe y you yOi and it'll be a humdinger If It If you make it a a fine ine pint well we'll have to have It now pos I sp spose se but hut Im I'm telling telling tell tell- ing you ou I cant can't git much fun out of it cc Walt r t ii till l you te feel l more like e then grumbled Tobin I 1 dont fight with no sick men or cripples Just now you pear to be the one that's Lets Let's have ha a snort of ot whisky and and- then plug along to Nevada Ne City I was sort of hankering to lay round till tin Phelps gits tired of dIgging digging dig dIg- ging mused Miser Misery I went to some bother to fix this things Must Must- be bout time for him to be knocking I off oft wor work You see see I wanted wante everyone every every- one to think I was drunk and asleep afore I dared to sneak out In the dark and salt that place as she i oughter be salted Id I'd given the I I and price heard of a him prime t 1 n bar to have seen I t 1 n and heard him when Pretty Soon uncovered my nugget But I knew If I was there Id I'd git to and hed he'd something In here They entered the saloon where Gilbert t had rescued the mount mountain man the night before To the bartenders bartenders' bartenders bartenders' bar bar- tenders' tenders surprise and great relief they were subdued and quiet in or ordering ordering or- or dering drinks They took much time In consuming their liquor liquor- waiting At last a man bawled out something down the street It was picked up by another er man and passed on It was tossed from mouth to mouth and reached the saloon The bartender ran to the window He ran to the door ns na I I I men inen emerged from houses and stores Some were gesticulating and talking violently Others were doubled over with Ull laughter She bu bunted buted ted proudly whispered Old Misery I think were we're going to have some fun eagerly decided decide Tobin turnIng turning turning turn- turn J Ing his back to t te e bar A group of men halted before the saloon jostled each other about and crowded crowde inside ins In the lead wild of gaz gaze was Phelps He was carrying carrying car car- a pick Immediately behind him came his friends and hench bench men T Tho e rest of the little mob I was made up p of those who rejoiced rejoice on hearing someone had been I tricked They had laughed immoderately immoderately when Pretty Soon Jim I bought the ela claim mI Phelps strode I to the bar and glared wrathfully up at I the mountain men Old Misery I whistled like e an elk and anU pretended I to oe De afraid Phelps sternly accused him him- You planned that game ga You supplied the nuggets You went out of or your way to make an enemy of me Old Misery gazed at him sadly and told TObin n 1 Worked W too long in the h heat at Continued tomorrow I I am going to repeat It as it was In the Journal Journal- A man aged 36 stumbled and fell on February 18 1922 striking on his chin He lie was unconscious for tor a few tew seconds an and on recovering recovering recover recover- ing experienced a sharp recover I pain in his hie right ear After the chin I wound was dressed he was referred to me Inc for n of the ear I The external canal was blocked A large amount of tl debris was re re- re moved ed disclosing tightly packed packer c which was removed remove with difficulty Following this came the remains of ot a dead cockroach in fit length and ani perfectly preserved in Jn every detail detal The patient in April 1908 while I preparing for tor a bath felt a sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den pain and buzzing in the right I ear which drove v him almost franj fran fran- j tic r While I his wife vi w was telephoning j I Ing for a physician he put his head I under the water In the tub and the pain soon ceased Later on the advice of the physician p the ear was syringed but nothing was washed out of the ear and it was supposed that the trouble was due to a small mite which had been lost in the washing The patient j gradually became deaf In this tIlls ear ear but never ne consulted a physician be be- be lieving that some Irreparable damage dam damage damage dam age ha had been done to o the ear by the insect which Tie ne thought he had washed out After the tle removal of or tile the cockroach cock cock- cock cockroach roach and cleansing of the can canal hearing was fully normal and the only evidence of or injury was a slight abrasion of the th-e drum It seems probable that following the original Injury In 1908 the canal became gradually filled with wax vax thus entombing the insect in an airtight t space nad preserving It In toto for nearly fourteen years years he lesson we must get from this is not to accept gradually IncreasIng increasIng ing deafness as a natural thing but to realize that flint we WA may mav have 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