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THE CARE OF THE EARS

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 16, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 48.

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THE CARE OF THE EARS.

1. NEVER put anything into the ear for the relief of the toothache.
2. Never wear cotton in the ears if they are discharging pus.
3. Never apply a poultice to the inside of the canal of the ear.
4. Never drop anything into the ear unless it has previously been warmed.
5. Never use anything but a syringe and warm water for cleaning the ears from pus.
6. Never strike or box a child's ears; this has been known to rupture the drum-head and cause incurable deafness.
7. Never wet the hair with very cold water, if you have any tendency to deafness; wear an oiled silk cap when bathing, and refrain from diving.
8. Never scratch the ears with anything but the finger if they itch. Do not use the head of a pin, hairpins, pencil tips, or anything of that nature.
9. Never let the feet become cold and damp, or sit with the back toward a window, as these things tend to aggravate any existing hardness of hearing.
10. Never put milk, fat, or any oily substance, into the ear for the relief of pain, for they soon become rancid and tend to incite inflammation. Simple warm water will answer the purpose better than anything else.
11. Never be alarmed if a living insect enters the ear. Pouring warm water into the canal will drown it, when it will generally come to the surface, and can be easily removed by the fingers. A few puffs of smoke blown into the ear will stupefy the insect.
12. Never meddle with the ear if a foreign body, such as a bead, button, or seed, enters it; leave it absolutely alone, but have a physician attend to it. More damage has been done by injudicious attempts at the extraction of a foreign body than could ever come from its presence in the ear.—Health and Home.