5276

Apply four or five leeches around the ear. Warm water may be constantly and gently applied. To relieve the pain, the following solution may be prescribed.

5277

℞ Morphiae sulphatis......gr. viij

Aquae..............℥ ss

M. S. Pour ten drops into the ear, warm as required.

When the discharge assumes a yellow color, and dense consistency, with a tendency to the growth of granulation near the membrana tympani.

5278

℞ Argenti nitratis.........Э ij

Aquae .............℥ j

M. S. Apply every day or two.

- Dr. Charles H. Burnet.

5279

℞ Atropiae............gr. jv

Aquae............. ℥ j

M. S. Eight or ten drops of this are warmed, dropped in the ear, and allowed to remain simply by position of the head, from ten to fifteen minutes, and repeated every three hours.

- Theobald.

5280

℞ Cupri sulphatis........gr. xv

Mellis rosae...........℥ j

Aquae rosae...........℥ iij

M. S. Inject into the ear after the pain has been lessened by leeches and poultices.

- Dr. Eugene H. Friquet.