A guide to the study of ear disease / by P. Mcbride.

  • McBride, P. (Peter), 1854-1946.
Date:
[1884]
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Credit: A guide to the study of ear disease / by P. Mcbride. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    soothing effects of the opium make themselves felt with much relief to the patient. Koosa1 speaks highly of a plug of cotton wool, saturated in glycerine and inserted into the meatus, as a palliative measure; the modus operandi is probably to promote a serous flow from the parts, and thus to relieve tension. Other useful palliatives are instillations of water, as hot as can be borne, or of warm decoction of poppies, and the applica- tion of sedatives in the neighbourhood of the ear; but further enumeration is unnecessary, when it is remem- bered that an incision will in most cases relieve the pain at once. Although we do not know exactly what state of the system favours the development of boils, yet if a patient be anaemic, the citrate of iron and quinine should be administered; if the bowels be costive, a wineglass of Friedrichshall water should be taken before breakfast. Regular habits and avoidance of late hours should be insisted on. Moreover, Fowler's solution of arsenic, which, I believe with Von Troltsch,2 has some peculiar effect in preventing the recurrence of aural furuncles, should be exhibited. The sulphide of calcium is a less agreeable but not more effective remedy, which may be administered for the same purpose. DIFFUSE INFLAMMATION OF THE MEATUS. (Syn. Otitis externa diffusa.) This lesion is virtually an acute dermatitis of the skin lining the external meatus. In the osseous canal, owing to the almost inseparable connection between dermis and periosteum, the condition comes to re- semble a periostitis in many of its clinical characters. 1 Diwases of the Ear. 2 Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkmulc.