There is an instance in which a carious molar tooth has been tolerated in the same location for forty years.
Albucasius, Fabricius Hildanus, Pare, and others, have mentioned the fact that seeds and beans have been frequently seen to increase in volume while lodged in the auditory canal.

Tulpius speaks of an infant, playing with his comrades, who put a cherry-seed in his ear which he was not able to extract.

The seed increased in volume to such an extent that it was only by surgical interference that it could be extracted, and then such serious consequences followed that death resulted.

Albers reports an instance in which a pin introduced into the ear issued from the pharynx.
Confusion of diagnosis is occasionally noticed in terrified or hysteric persons.

Lowenberg was called to see a child of five who had introduced a button into his left ear.