SECT. XII.—ON WATERY DISCHARGES FROM THE EARS.
Watery discharges from the ears may be dried up by applying to them wool with alum, or with wine and honey, or by an injection of old wine either alone or mixed with saffron.
Commentary. Oribasius, Aëtius, Avicenna, and Haly Abbas recommend the same treatment, which would seem to be very proper. Alsaharavius recommends wool soaked in a solution of alum, and injections, consisting of solutions of nitre (soda) in vinegar. Rhases makes mention of nearly the same applications. (De Morb. Infant. c. 9.)