Show 11 I f DIET DIE AND i f I HEALTH I 0 TUOI m IE I IHS E. Are vou you troubled with itch ears ears ears' Many are re I Itching in the ear canal ma may seem to be intolerable at times Umes When hen I there apparently is no discharge I I. I and nd still ears chronically itch there is hI probably a low grade or of Infection I there rhe The universal mode of relief seems 1 to be so 0 insert the tip of the little linger inger and then do a rapid dance I with the hand hanth If it does not alla alIa allathe allay the itching a vigorous scratching with a match or w wire ire h hairpin or other handy hand instrument is indulged 1 I in tn However these rr usual- usual I I 1 U Iv irritate the ear canal the more moie I and may infect it Hf See below I you can have ha an examination examination examination examina examina- I tion you jou ou can do this to relle e the 1 itching Take a malch match and twist a aI apiece I piece of absorbent cotton aro around nd j I I the end when It U is wrapped have haveit it so O that the cotton cottonI I I H is about the size sire of a pea at the I J tip Have It extend down over o the sides ides s sufficiently so it wont won't pull off the match and get stuck in the ear Pour a few drops of toilet water or a solution made of half water and half halt alcohol not wood alcohol on the cotton and swab out the ear These solutions are antiseptic and will kill off the unfriendly germs If 11 t there here is not too vigorous a crop of them Your ear mn may maj smart and perhaps ache a second IN IS lliE K CA CANAL CAM J f Those who have had boils in the ear car canal say sav there is nothing so agonizing One of the reasons for this is that the skin over the UnI lInof lining lin Un- I ing of the canal I is very verv tightly I dr drawn wn and the swelling from the I I I bon boil Causes causE'S a gr great at pressure on the nerve nerv endings I A t first there ii is an itching in the I canal then later pain and ten tenderness tender tender- I ness The pain ma may nd to the whole side of the head become I throb y in character and every cry I movement of the jaw will male make it w worse orse VA hen the swelling becomes I marked enough to close the canal de deafness ness will be 10 produced I When hlll you vou scratch your ear car with your our finger nail hairpin match etc t te I ou you may mav carry in the germs that will cause a boll boil The ear textbooks text text- books say that recurrent attacks of boils bolls in th the ear canal in many in instances instances in- in InI I I stances may may- maybe lie be the result of irritation irn I tation from decayed teeth op oy from fromI disease e of the Interior of the I no nose e and throat anI that the they are cornI com corn I n monest one t in gouty Jouty or debilitated individuals indi indi- They are also due to the I fact tact that some me jf r f the germs from I I the last boil continue to lang around I and sooner or later they multiply S sufficiently to produce another boll boil 1 For 01 a boil in the ear for any trouble with the ears you really should see an eat ear specialist or your jour our family physician but if you cannot do that take a piece of absorbent I cotton about two inches long and three-quarters three of an inch wide fray I out the ends then fold through its j thick central portion so that tl the e ethin thin ends are together Wrap the thick part around the end of a and make mal a cone of ot it it It should be firmly enough wrapped to be smooth and taper evenly Cover this liberally with some 1 per cent yellow oxide of or mercury ointment which yOu u can get In tubes lubes at an any drug store stor then in insert Insert insert In- In sert it gently into the e ear ear r canal Remove Re lie- e move the match by turning it ft in the opposite direction to that which ne-I ne the cotton was wrapped and steady the cone with ill the fingers so that it is 15 I not as the match matco Is withdrawn with with- drawn If ii the pressure of the cone one causes increased pain you ou can with with- 5 drav vit ra U It a little These directions I have adapted from Gleason Gleasons s textbook text text- book bool on tile the ear This treatment may abort a boll boil If It It doesn't the boil will rupture in from two to eight days das according according according accord accord- ing to whether it is superficial or deep seated After Arter the he boll ruptures I t the pain ceases then syringe the ear with a war m boric acid solution two or three times a day until the discharge ceases After this It Is well weIl to o swab the ear canal the same as I told you to do for itch itchy ears for several days das so as to kill off the stray germs that might cause a n new w boll boil to form torm m Troublesome curs 1 i Copy Cop Copyright light 1923 by the George Matthews Matthews Mat Mat- Adams Service Ice I |