Telegram-herald., 1891-08-24
soRsp lNro The EAR.
4 Piscssfns Bas Drisss . Mss nsA
with Pals.


Cncinnasi, Aug. 22.-Driven mad ~
. ''psncning" bug.
This was the terrible experience az
A. A. wahl. ieweller. st olo West
Eiehth-sf.
The insect. one Of the largest Of
the species. entered the right ear Of
the victim.
Not eoateBt with blocking up the
auditory passage, the bug inserted ito
formidable pincers into the tympanum
and hogan 10 bore and bite lite way
through the delicate membrane to-
wards the drum-llke cavity within.
The result was such agonizing pain
that Mr.. Wahl went mad and his cries
eoGld be heard three squares away.
So viosent did he become that hall u
oozen men were fully occupied in pre-
venting him from injuring himself or
others.
At o'clock the other night Mr..
Wahi was sitting with his family in
front OF his establishment, talking.
wisen large black bug that had been
buxzing about him suddenly darted
into his right ear. Mr.. Wahl slapped
his hand TO the ear and leaped
10 lee feet with cry Of pan.
His efforts to ges the bug out of his
ear only pushed IL further inward and
Immediately n inserted kniie-iske PIN
chers into the tympanam at the same
stme beating its wings against the sen
sitiye membrane. Up 10 this time no
one knew what was the matter With
the jeweller, when he suddenly went
mad with the awful agony and began
running up and down the shop, yell
ing At the top. % his voice:
Take 1t out. Take 1T out. It's kill
i'm o."
Those present did not fully appreci-
ate the situation. as they did not
know that the vicious bug was boring
it's way like a living gimlet into the
interior ear, but they sent over TO
Brehm's drug shore near by for assist
ance and applied what remedies they
had at hand They were unable To
assist Mr.. Wahl. who by this time
was raving like a maniac. His cries,
which had attracted hundreds Of peo-
pie to the place. became incoherent
and At last unintelligibie. Half "a
dozen strong men were required TO
hold the victim, who would certainly
have harmed himself, and probably
Others, il left to himself.
on the advice of the druggist a phy-
sician was sent for. DIR. Carboy, of
freeman, near Eighth. was procured
and some time afterward DIR. McMa-
hon, OF Seventh-st.. near Cutter. the
family physician. arrived Mr.. Wahi's
ear was now bleeding profusely from
the bites of the bug and he was In "A
pitiable condition. His terrible cries
still reached the crowd upon the
street. While friends held the suffer
ing man the physicians attempted TO
remove the insect. but without sue
cess. They had not the instruments
at hand necessary for its eiectment.
They then determined to kill the
bug and prevent IL from entirely de-
stroying the lacerated tympanum. II
Il had not already done 20. Accord
ingly they poured boiling water into
the ear and followed ii with cocaine
and other preparations until the insect
no longer moved. Mr.. Wahl was
then given some quieting medicine and
later on fully rcgnined his senses.
All night he suffered intensely. how
ever, and imagined nj times that the
''pincher" had rcgained fits life and
had again begun operations on the
mangled membrane Yesterday morn
ing DR.. Robert Saftler. the eve and
ear specialist, Of GA West Sevsnth-st..
was called to the jewellers assist
ance, and after working about fifteen
minutes succeeded in removing the
bug. 1t was found TO be of the genuine
pinching variety and was fully an
inch long. It's formidable pincers were
still bloody from their savage work
In the inner ear.
DR.. Satt3er said that he had never
heard Of a parallel case. Bugs. and
large bugs at that. frequently entered
peoples eers. but never displayed n
determination to eat through into the
head. Mr.. Wahl was seen last night
and said: I'm all right now. but /
WIS crazy last night. never can
describe the pain I fit as this thing"
here the ieweller produced the dead
monster. began biting me. l don't
know whether l viii lose my hearing,
but the doctor promised TO tell me to-
day."