This  affection,  wh^n  it  attacks  the  internal
part  of  the  ear,  is  generally  accompanied  with
confusion  of  sound,  deafness,  and  more  or  less
fever.  It  is  most  frequent  among  children,
and  is  commonly  produced  by  exposure  to
draughts  of  cold  air,  and,  occasionally,  by
foreign  matters,  as  cherry-stones,  insects,  &c.,
having  got  into  the  external  ear.  In  such
cases,  tlie  removal  of  the  offensive  matter,  and
<lue  attention  to  warmth  and  cleanliness,  with
a  dose  of  laxative  medicine,  will  be  all  the
treatment  required.  The  pain  may  generiilly
be  relieved  by  throwing  warm  water  into  the
ear  by  means  of  a  syringe,  and  fomenting  the
snrrounding  parts  with  decoction  of  poppy-
lirod'i  and  chamomile  flowers.  Should  this
treatment  not  succeed,  a  drop  or  two  of  lauda-
num, with  one  drop  of  oil  of  cloves  and  a
little  oil  of  almonds,  may  be  dropped  in  the
ear,  and  a  piece  of  cotton  wool  introduced
afterwards.  Cases  of  acute  inflammation  of
the  internal  ear  are  occasionally  met  with  in
adults,  which  assume  a  very  serious  character,
and  demand  the  most  careful  treatment.  See
Deafness.
Earache.     Pain  in  the  ear  may  arise  from


varions  canses,  amongst  which,  in  the  absence
of  organic  disease,  cold,  and  thit  pei;uliar
derangement  of  health  popularly  called  '  ner-
vousness,' are  the  most  common.  In  the  one
case,  the  proper  remedy  is  warmth;  in  the
other,  the  attention  should  be  directed  to  the
restoration  of  the  body  to  the  healthy  standard.
Earache,  Simple  Care  for.  Take  a  common,
tobacco-pipe,  place  a  wad  of  co"ton  m  the
bowl,  drop  upon  it  8  or  10  drops  of  chloro'brm.
