01-15-2010, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: in a Nut House
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
A chap was brought in; he didn't speak English well, but it was clear that there was "something" in his ear. Moving. The docs held him down and had a look with the ear-thingy, yep, something there alright, and so the procedure is to flood the ear with oil. This should drown the critter and then it can be fished out with tweezers. (oil is better than water because many insects can survive under water for hours). Anyway, they poured in the oil ... and a 6 centimeter long centipede crawled out of the guys ear and ran across the doctor's hand! 
At least it wasn't actually deadly. |
Been there, done that:
http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=356
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