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Title: Dr. Hood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical adviser...
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hood, G. Durant
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Publisher: Chicago : Hood Medical Book Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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end of the speculum is then intro-duced into the passage of the ear. This is readily effected by gently drawing theear upward. Not only will any foreign body be at once seen, but its positionwill be at once distinctly made out, and this may, in a great majority of cases,facilitate its removal. When the ordinary process of syringing fails to accomplishthe desired object, the patient may be made to lie down with the head projectingover the side of the bed or couch, the ear being in the most dependent position,and then syringing may be again resorted to. We thus call into play oneaction of gravity, and there is a much greater chance of our efforts proving suc-cessful. When the return current of water is not sufficiently powerful to remove thebody, it may be necessary to use a small pair of forceps, or a piece of bent wire.Instruments, however, should not be introduced into the ear without a certain amountof caution, for the foreign body is just as likely to be pushed in farther as to be
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DISEASES OF THE EAB. removed When syringing fails, the best thing is to go to a surgeon. In some casesconsiderable ingenuity is required to extract the foreign body from the ear. In oneinstance a small ivory ball had been detached from the top of a pen-holder in theear of a little boy. Syringing had done no good, and the forceps failed to grasp itand only pushed it in further. At last it was extracted by bringing the point of asmall brush, dipped in glue, in contact with its surface, allowing the glue to harden,and then removing brush and ball together. This is a hint that might be of service indifficult cases. It must be remembered that a foreign body may remain in the ear fora very long time without doing any harm. A few hours* delay, or the delay of even aday or two, is a matter of no moment. The only exception to this is the case of peasor seeds, and these sometimes swell considerably under the combined influence ofwarmth and moisture. Unskilful efforts to extract a foreign body m

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