Description of disease :
Acute pain in the eras, and fever, increased by the slightest noise, or movement of the jaws.
Medicinal treatment :
Aconitum napellus
Should be given at the commencement when the fever is high.
Dose. -Two drops in a dessertspoonful of water every hour or two, or alternately with Belladonna, with the same intervals between the doses.
Belladonna
When there is great pain extending to the throat, fever, and great sensibility of the least noise.
Dose. -As Aconitum, increasing the intervals as the pain subsides.
Mercurius solubilis
If there is swelling of the glands, or soreness of the ear and discharge.
Dose. -Two grains in a dessertspoonful of water every four hours.
Pulsatilla pratensis
Is a specific remedy, especially when the external ear is much affected.
Dose. -As Belladonna.
Accessory treatment :
If the pain is very violent, apply heated flannels, or bags filled with hot bran or scorched flour, or foment with warm milk and water, or apply a warm bread and milk poultice. The diet should be similar to that in fever.