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Five cases of infants, who had Peanuts as foreign bodies of bronchi, were reported.It was proposed that in treating peanuts as bronchial foreign bodies, following notices must beborn in mind:1) Precise and thorough informations must be inquired from the infant or persons accompanied, as to history of present illness, possibility of aspiration of peanuts, and situation of onset of coughor stridor.2) Chest X-ray examination should be performed especially both in inspiratory and expiratory states.Differences in chest roentgenogram taken in inspiratory and expiratory states as well as atelectasis, emphysema of lung or deviation of mediastinum would often suggest lodging site of foreign bodyof bronchus.3) Ventilation bronchoscopy must be carried out under total anaesthesia as soon as possible.4) In removing peanuts through bronchoscope, fenesterated forceps are recommended to beused, not to crush peanuts softened during long lodging in the bronchus. The tip of forceps mustbe corrected to the gap around peanuts in bronchial wall.5) In case remaining of a part of peanuts suspected, re-examination of ventilation bronchoscopyshould not be hesitated.Postoperative course of the infant must be watched strictly and carefully.

Ama is a professional sea-diving woman for fishing and her occupational disease has been reported in some localities of her body, especially in the ear.This report was compiled as a result of the otological examination of Ama at Hekura Island in Ishikawa Prefecture. The number of Ama interviewed was 40, The results were as follows:1) Ages ranged from 15 to 58, all of them female.2) The main complaints in the auditory organ were otalzia, blockade of the ear and tinnitus, but deafness in few subjects.3) The abnormal view of eardrums was found 75% by the otological examination, most of which showed sinking, turbidness or roughness.Especially we found the exostosis in external ear canal in 7 Ama.4) The resulting loss of hearing was indicated in half of them, whose type was generally sensorineural deafness and increased with ages.5) In almost all, the inflation of the auditory tube was good.6) Ama are considered to indicate that all these symptoms were caused by external agents in the sea, namely the water pressure equilibration of the ear during diving.

Nine hundred and fifty one cases of epistaxis were observed for the past 7 years. Epistaxis was observed more frequently in males than in females and was frequently observed in children.It occured more frequently from May to August, showing a peak in June.The negative correlation was observed statistically between the frequency of epistaxis and the atmospheric pressure.Hemorrhagic diathesis was examined in 114 cases. About 28 per cent of them showed abnormality, especially in the capillaly fragility.Children with nasal bleeding showed the tendency of disliking of foods containing vitamine C.