“Pain in the ear and coughing.” A few days ago he had a patient who told him that if he syringed one ear it gave him a fit of coughing. Dr. Paterson examined his ear thinking it might be a wax, and the explanation was that there was a mechanical variation between the ear passages; in the case of the ear in which he complained of coughing one could see with the speculum straight into the drum because the canal was straight, whereas in the other ear one had to do the usual pulling backwards to straighten the curved canal. One had to be careful that these symptoms were not caused by an anatomical difference.
Dr. TEMPLETON, in reply, said that in the discussion there had been so much that was complimentary and–unusual for him–so uncontroversial that he had nothing to say except “Thank you.”.
The PRESIDENT proposed a hearty vote of thanks of Dr. Templeton for his interesting paper; and Sir JOHN WEIR also proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the President for giving up so much of his time in order to attend the meeting. Both votes of thanks were accorded by acclamation.
