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.