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This short article reports the first description of aural myiasis in the Western medical literature.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S002221512200247X_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Methods involved: (1) scholarship review of ear diseases within Ancient Greek and Roman medical texts (<jats:italic>L'Ann\u00e9e philologique<\/jats:italic>); (2) linguistic analysis for text identification through the Library of Latin Texts, the <jats:italic>Thesaurus Linguae Latinae<\/jats:italic> and the Loeb Classical Library; and (3) translation of the Latin texts that described cases of aural myiasis with commentary.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S002221512200247X_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>To our knowledge, the earliest case of aural myiasis in Latin medical literature is reported by the Roman encyclopaedist Celsus (first century CE). In his <jats:italic>De Medicina<\/jats:italic>, he describes cases of <jats:italic>Wohlfahrtia magnifica<\/jats:italic> maggot infestation of the ear and how to treat affected patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S002221512200247X_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Despite present advances in otology, we believe that much insight can still be gained from this ancient example of medical history in ear diseases. 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