He uttered a cry, fell senseless, and so continued until the fourth day when he died.

The whole auditory meatus was destroyed by suppuration.

Gamgee tells of a constable who was stabbed in the left ear, severing the middle meningeal artery, death ensuing.

In this instance, after digital compression, ligature of the common carotid was practiced as a last resort.

There is an account of a provision-dealer's agent who fell asleep at a public house at Tottenham.