-fitting shoes. Wherever possible, they should be
quickly relieved from all compression, and should under no circumstances
be opened.

The treatment is very simple and quite efficient, provided it be
instituted while the skin is still intact, and consists simply in
placing over the affected area a small piece of mole-skin plaster,
which should extend for a short distance out on the normal skin
surrounding the blister; the same sort of plaster should here be
used as was recommended for supporting sprained joints, and is an
article so useful that it should be kept in every house. Where
blisters have ruptured, the better plan is to apply some
antiseptic, like tincture of iodine, and after having allowed it to
dry, stick on some plaster as already directed. If no antiseptic be
at hand the plaster should be used any way, but it should be
frequently removed in order to see that no suppuration is occurring
beneath. Small blisters, the result of burns, may be treated in a
similar way with good results.

_Tooth-ache._--Tooth-ache is a condition for which there is no excuse in
the present state of knowledge. As soon as decay begins in a tooth it
should receive the attention of a competent dentist, and where this is
done a true tooth-ache never occurs. Where one has been so neglectful as
to permit the exposure of the nerve of a tooth, he can only be saved from
much suffering by going at once to a dentist. In the meantime, various
measures may be adopted to diminish the pain. A piece of cotton dipped in
dilute carbolic acid and thrust into the cavity will almost immediately
relieve the suffering for the time being. Oil of cloves, or a mixture of
this substance with chloroform, applied in a similar way will bring about
a like result. The reader cannot be too often reminded of the fact that
bad teeth not only cause much suffering, but likewise lead to many
digestive disturbances, and as a consequence little could be of more
importance to the health of the body than to see to it that they be kept
in perfect order. Where teeth are knocked out, they will often grow back
and render good service for many years afterwards if replaced
immediately in their sockets.

_Bites of Animals._--Wounds of this character, particularly those
produced by dogs and cats, are not at all uncommon. Where it is
definitely known that the animal is not rabid, the treatment should be
that o