TREATMENT OF BOILS.
Apply hot dressings; incise if necessary. The application of pure alcohol dressings and a plug of cotton saturated in the same solution and inserted in the wound promotes rapid healing.
TO DISLODGE AN INSECT
FROM THE EAR.
Saturate a piece of cotton-wool in salt and vinegar. Fill the ear with it. Have patient lie on the ear and give firm pressure with the hand. The insect may be found on the cotton when the plug is taken out. Oil may be used as a substitute.[B]
[B] Foreign bodies in the ear usually cause far less trouble and harm than does the attempt to remove them by anyone not expert.