title: [The earwig (author's transl)].
abstract: It is still a common belief that the earwig likes to penetrate into the external auditory canal. This paper is concerned with the question, whether the name of the animal is justified and what was written about it in former centuries.
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009987:Orthoptera; D013483:Superstitions
vernacular_title: Uber den Phrwurm.