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Case: " J.H."
Date of birth: 4/3/29.
Admitted to Hendon Clinic, August, 1935.
Stammer was very severe, especially at school. He was
painfully shy and very conscious of his lisp ; slept badly and
had night terrors. He did not mix happily with other children
and seemed to think that the whole world was " against"
him.
The lisp was easily cured and this did much to give him
confidence. His stammer responded to treatment by general
relaxing and suggestion and he was discharged in April, 1937,
with normal speech. He was sleeping well and had lost all
his terrors.
EAR DISEASES AND DEFECTIVE HEARING.
The enquiry into middle ear disease amongst school
children which is being carried out by the Medical Research
Council is now nearing completion and I am indebted to Mr.
Maxwell Ellis, F.R.C.S., for the following memorandum:—
" During the past year the twenty children who were
found to be suffering from chronic otorrhœa have been carefully
treated and studied. It was found that a certain number
of them dried up and remained dry following the institution
of simple cleansing measures. A few more required removal
of diseased tonsils and adenoids before the otorrhœa ceased.
Several cases, including some in whom the tonsils and
adenoids had previously been removed, were rather stubborn
and it was found that a more direct attack upon the disease
in the middle ear was necessary. This was provided in the
form of the iodine and boric acid powder treatment which
proved successful in all except one case. The investigation
is only to be carried on for a year, as the numbers are too
small to allow of precise statistical information.
To the clerical and nursing organisation of the Clinic is
due the regular attendances of the children and parents, and
the excellent and systematic way in which the Clinic is run
has rendered possible the successful issue of the investigation.
Only two children have lost touch, in both cases due to