Rest: when thickened and painful. Pressure is removed by thick plasters, with a hole in the center.

Burns and Scalds.

Absorbent Dressings.

Acetanilid.

Acid, Boric: useful as ointment or lint dressings, or as boric oil.

Acid, Carbolic: 1 per cent. solution relieves pain and prevents suppuration.

Acid, Picric: dressing.

Acid, Salicylic: 1 in 60 olive oil.

Alkalies: soon remove the pain on exposure to the air after application.

Alum: finely powdered over foul, bleeding granulations.