Earache : Opium, 642, in the form of morphine solution, which is usefully combined with atropine. Cocaine, 5 to 10 per cent solution, the most effective remedy, 561. Heat, 93.

Eclampsia : Transfusion, 30, has been successfully employed in ursemic convulsions. Bloodletting, 813, when there is much cerebral congestion. Morphine, 644, hypodermatically in ursemic. Chloroform, 607, by inhalation. Chloral, 617. Potassium Bromide, 654, Pilocarpine, 683, in uraemic or puerperal convulsions. Veratrum Viride, 720, in puerperal .

Ecthyma: Cod-liver Oil, 126, both internally and locally. Quinine, 208, usually effects a cure, but must be given in full doses. Lead Carbonate, Solutions of the Acetate, 315, Naphtol and Naphtalin, 415, Iodoform, 263, and Iodol, 274, are the most useful topical applications.

Eczema : Carbolic Acid, 382, internally and externally. Salicylic Acid, 399, applied locally. Boric Acid, 420, one of the most efficient remedies, locally. Lead, 315, liquor plumbi sub-acetatis with glycerin, a good application when there is abundant secretion; also lead-paint — carbonate with linseed-oil — spread on thickly. Bismuth, subnitrate, 164, and Salicylic Acid, 400, in powder freely to the eruption. Tannin, 346, in powder dusted over, or as glycerite of tannin ; also Pyrogallic Acid, 348, with caution. Copper Sulphate, 309, Zinc Sulphate, 320, Silver Nitrate, 304, are useful astringent applications. Mercury, 294, the brown citrine ointment to eczema of eyelids. Belladonna, 531, or atropine, internally, is beneficial in the acute cases. Arsenic, 174, is curative in chronic cases ; when the skin is much thickened by exudation in the chronic cases, Jequirety, 811. Electricity, 470, by central galvanization has done great good in chronic cases. An exclusive milk-diet, 56.

Emphysema: Compressed Air, 98, affords much relief, sometimes permanent. Oxygen, 367, Oxygen Dioxide (Ozone), 368, for the paroxysms of difficult breathing. Orindelia, 723, gives great relief to the oppression. Arsenic, 173, long continued, improves the nutrition of the lungs. Iodides, 258, Iodo-form, 269, Ethyl Iodide, 264. by inhalation, act both by contact and by absorption. Cod-liver Oil, 125, improves the condition, Hypophosphites, 140, also. Strychnine, 485, is a valuable respiratory stimulant. For the element of spasm, Pyridine, 417, Terebene, 781, and others.

Empyema : Iodine, 263, a solution of iodine and iodide of potassium to wash out the cavity and prevent reaccumulation of pus. Carbolic Acid, 382, and Carbolic Acid and Iodine, 388, to correct fetor, and the Antiseptics, 366, generally.

Endocarditis : Quinine, 201, to check inflammation. Chloral, 616, unless heart is weak, when it becomes dangerous. Salicylic Acid, 398, is useful in the rheumatic form of the disease ; also Salol, 409. Morphine, 642, as a remedy in serous inflammations. Potash Salts, 217, liquefy exudation. Pilocarpine, 683, to cause absorption of exudation.

Endometritis : Carbolic Acid, 382, undiluted on cotton-wrapped probe. lodo-tannin, 263, and iodoform and tannin locally. Chromic Acid, 815, applied in solution to interior of cavity. Nitric Acid (fuming), 120, highly efficient, but requires caution.

Enteralgia : Milk-Cure, 58, stops the troubles of digestion which give rise to the pain. Fermentable foods to be avoided—starch and sugar, 65. Arsenic, 171, is remarkably beneficial in the more strictly neuralgic cases. Belladonna, 526, is useful as an anodyne, atropine especially. Prussic Acid, 701 (official solution), gives relief promptly, or fails entirely. Galvanization, 468, central, persistently applied, is curative sometimes.

Enteritis. (See Diarrhcea, Dysentery.) Diett 65, 66, must be regulated, an essential point in treatment. Arsenic, 171, with opium, usually highly effective as a remedy. Copper Sulphate, 308, Lead Acetate, 314, and the other mineral astringents, with opium, are curative.

Epilepsy : Amyl Nitrite, 706, inhaled when aura is felt may prevent seizure ; Nitro-glycerin, 710, also, if there be more time. Potassium Bromide, 654, is the most useful remedy, but is adapted to the cases occurring in the daytime, to the grand vial, and to reflex epilepsy, and to the condition of cerebral hypersemia rather than anaemia. Chloral, 618, is the most suitable remedy for the nocturnal variety. Cannabis lndica and Cannabinum Tannicum, 556, Atropine, 629, Strychnine, 484, Picrotoxin, 491, are suitable for petit mal, for nocturnal variety, for cases characterized by anaemia and depression, and must be faithfully persisted in for a long time. The last-named seems most promising. Silver Nitrate, 302, formerly much prescribed, and not without utility, but the danger of staining is great. Salts of Copper, 309, especially Cuprum Ammoniatum, Zinc Oxide, 319, so-called nervine tonics, have been beneficial, but are not curative. Iron, 150, especially the bromide, with potassium bromide to prevent the anaemia and depression caused by the latter. Iodides, 260, when syphilitic in origin.

Epistaxis : Ergot, 503, Barium Chloride, 242, Digitalis, 509, Ipecacuanha, 742, restrain haemorrhage by acting on the vessels. Turpentine, 779. in oozing from relaxation. Locally Tannin, 345, in solution injected. Iron, 146, subsulphate in spray, or weak solution applied by irrigation ; also Iodic Acid, 266. Alum, 337, powder insufflated, or solution injected. Transfusion, 29, when a fatal result is threatened from loss of blood. Intravenous injection of Ammonia when heart fails, 237. Subcutaneous injection of Ether, 594.

Epithelioma : Coptis, 181, infusion or decoction locally, especially in epithelioma of the tongue. Arsenic, 176, persistently used. Potassium Chlorate, 225, said to be very effectual applied in powder. Zinc Chloride, and Sulphate dried, 320, useful escharotics. Carbolic Acid, 382, injected beneath tumor. Salicylic Acid, 400, and Boric Acid, 420, Pyoktanin, 414, and Bromine, 372, applied topically. Teucrin, 432, injected.

Erysipelas : Aconite, 714, in the idiopathic variety, when there is much fever. Belladonna, 531, a very beneficial remedy, combined with aconite when there is sthenic reaction. Quinine, 208, in full doses in the more severe cases, to sustain the powers of life and prevent cerebral embolism. Salicylic Acid and Salicylates, 396, Sodium Benzo-ate, 423, Resorcin, 404, and Salol, 409, to prevent systemic infection in traumatic variety. Ammonium Carbonate, 239, when cardiac depression exists. Iron, 149, especially tincture of the chloride in large doses. Locally, Argenti Nitras, 304, according to Higginbotham's method, Carbolic Acid, 382, Trichlorphenol, 386, and the antiseptics generally to the inflamed area. Oil inunctions are very grateful in simple erysipelas, 124. Antitoxins, 438.

Erythema : Quinine, 208, is very effective in erythema nodosum ; Belladonna in the simple form, 531, Zinc, 320, Alum, 327, and Lead, 315, are suitable local applications, as lotions. Bismuth dusted over the surface allays irritation, 164. When the disease is reflex from gastro-intestinal disorder, Nitric and Muriatic Acids, 119, are beneficial.

Exophthalmic Goitre : Iron, 152, and Chalybeate Waters, 159, for the anaemia. Digitalis, 513, Barium, 242, Ergot, 501, and in some cases Sparteine, 519, raise the arterial tension and slow the heart. Galvanism, 469, in uncomplicated cases, is decidedly curative.