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htheria, suppuration of the glands, severe 

 phlegmon, entually general sepsis. In 



quent spraying is necessary throughout the d; 

 gargles are not enough, because the fluid does 

 not get far enough back into the throat. The 

 best mouth-wash has been found to be a 5 per 

 cent, solution of ichthyol, which, unhappily, has 

 a detestable taste, but children soon get used to 

 it. A3 per cent, solution of peroxide of hydrogen 

 is also of good service. In the diphtheritic 

 condition, injections of 3 per cent, carbolic acid 

 solution into the tonsils often prevent a more 

 severe affection of the glands in the neck. Half 

 a Pravaz syringeful is injected into each tonsil 

 by means of a Taube's cannula. The injections 

 must be left off if any signs of commencing 

 necrosis appear round the site of the injection- 

 wound. In more advanced swelling of the 

 lymphatic glands, plasters of 50 per cent, ichthyol 

 ointment are often of use. These glandular 

 swellings are not incised too quickly, hot fomenta- 

 tions being used as long as possible. In making 

 an incision, the skin will often be found to In- 

 much thickened. The ears, which are affected 

 with alarming frequency, also require careful 

 watching. 



In the early stage of otitis media, it appears 

 to be amenable to instillations of Glycerin. Acid. 

 Carbol (5-10 per cent,). If the least bulging of 



