A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs . s for several weeks. The result was: on the right,c persistency of the opening by the forma- tion of epidermis on the severed edges ofthe septum and permanent improvementin the hearing; on the left, moderatereaction at the seat of operation and,later, recurrence of the adhesion of themeatus. In cicatricial closure of the cartilaginousmeatus in the neighbourhood of the ex-ternal orifice of the ear, especially whenof great thickness, simple incision andthe insertion of leaden pegs have provedinsufficient, and it is in such cases thatpa
A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs . s for several weeks. The result was: on the right,c persistency of the opening by the forma- tion of epidermis on the severed edges ofthe septum and permanent improvementin the hearing; on the left, moderatereaction at the seat of operation and,later, recurrence of the adhesion of themeatus. In cicatricial closure of the cartilaginousmeatus in the neighbourhood of the ex-ternal orifice of the ear, especially whenof great thickness, simple incision andthe insertion of leaden pegs have provedinsufficient, and it is in such cases thatpartial excision of the cicatrix is necessarybefore the introduction of tents (Ladreitde Lacharriere, Samuel Sexton).In a case reported by Kothholz a ten-dinous gray pseudo-membrane, due to chronic otorrhcea, completely closedthe right meatus 3 mm. in front of the membrana tympani. By means ofa radial incision and insertion of cotton tampons permanent healing resulted,after which there was a marked improvement in hearing and the subjectivenoises a, Cartilaginous meatus ; b. Septumin the osseous section ; c, cl, Peri-pheral thickened part of the septum. V. Foreign Bodies in the Ear. Foreign bodies in the external meatus most frequently comeunder observation in the case of children, who insert into their earssuch various things as peas, beans, pieces of paper, cherry-stones,coffee-beans, carob-stones, pebbles, glass beads, wooden balls, fruit-stones, sealing-wax, slate-pencil, metallic buttons, grains of shot,and so on. In adults, foreign bodies get into the meatus mostlyby accident. According to my experience, the most common arepieces of camphor and of garlic, which have been put into themeatus to allay the pain of toothache or earache, and objects usedfor picking the ear, especially the bone or porcelain heads of smalllead pencils, less frequently rolls of paper, tooth-picks, matches,and ear-picks. Besides these, pellets of cotton-wool, leaves, andpieces of branche
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