Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-30
THINGS IN PEePLE.s EARS.

"You would be astonished," said a
skilled aurist IN one of the public eye
aud ear infrm aries, !" at the large nam
Der of children who are brougnt TO rs IN
the course of week "a have something
removed from their ears that they have
foolishly stuck in them and have been
unaole TO get out again. have some
times disposed of ten such cases In au
afternoon, aud have palled almost every
thing oat Of the hanan ear that il is
possible to get Ia there-shoe buttons,
pisces of slats pencil, c,ndies and wads
Of paper. Fsur times in dve the young
stsr Is old enough to know better; bat it
Is b sbit they fall into, the 81 ne as bit
ing their nails or scratching their heads.
One boy not II years ol 1 is almost a
weekly visitor here.
"Well," ] said, AS saw him come In
as usual yesterday afternoon, what
have you got in there this afternoon?"
"Nawthin' bat be .n," he drawlea.
On, YES, took is out. Bat recsntly
met with the most remarkable case of
the kind in tweaty years practice. A
young woman of q eame In so deaf that
could hardly make her sear by shout
ing through trumpet. After removing
q great qu tutity of wax from her ears ]
found something metallic.
whats shis?" [ said. "Hsvs you
been putting something IN your carp
"Oh. dear. no." she said; am not
90 foolish "a that"
Imagine her surprise when ! pulled
out a smooth, round brass button. with
quite large shank 10 it.
"This seems 20 have been in there
great many years." I said.
TO my surprise the young woman
crouched in the corner IN undisguised
terror.
"Oh. DOCTOR she said. what 10 that
awful uoise?"
Il was nothing bat wagon rumblinG
by, but instantly saw what the troabie
vas. Her hearing had become norm al
when I removed thai button, and she
vas frightened and bcwiliered at the
iumble Of couFus sing sounds- The ticking
uf the clock, chirpiug Of she osnsry or
dripping Of water distressed nsr, aud the
rustic of her own silk dress made bet
start with fear. sent one OF the assist.
ants bone with her IN q carriage, and
he said the CHATTER in she street 90 dis.
tracted her that he Was compelled 20 bold
her in her seat. About week aftervard
enc came In again
.And wanted thst button pat back.
supp. &C." ist-rrupsed the reporter.
aOh. no; she wss brimminR over with
hsppiu~ss. though for day or tvo she
was afraid g. leave tue hoase. Bot she
| told me about thst button. When
vas about eight years old she said.
Vas cent 20 village church IN New Eng
| Land with my cr .udmotner. The s,rmon
was always long auf tifeeome. and
ned 20 amass N, self By pulling at tht
| brass buttouso on my cloak. Oue of then
| came OF one Sunday. and occupies
myself for q time ustn putting it in m,
1 ear and shaking it out again. Suddenll
4 fels 10 sink away In thsrs and coult
not qet it out l was afraid 20 teli ny
| grandmother ID the time. aad soon al
teruard forgot il. Az 10 years Of Axe
becan 10 eros deaf And have been cot
ting worse ever since. bat | never 0acs
thougss of thai bottoa until 700 70
moved it,
.Do grown people, asked the report
er, lever oome 10 you With things II
/ their sarsy"
Freoneutly, bat in most cases IL
throach no fault OF their own. kno,
one man, q hatcher, Who comes here req
uIarly in the summer time 10 have flie
removed from his ssrs. / have tAkcl
ont ar a ore time for him. Havcvs
thew ees there ! don's koos. He say
they fIy In; bat they don't dy out. III
| sure Of that A man called me out Q
bed one night 20 Get . Csotou bog ou
OF bin ear. Nos, o water bag viii neve
back. He muss either turn around q
=. .s.~s,ks .haa1 Tels t,n<y d "A era ola
int the n sn's ear, and. mos andin9 rool
enough "a turn aroond. vent ahead z
was paving away with his fselsrs 90 q
. drum. time oaaainR ths poos uaa-fsA
lfai aaoay.n