e. If left alone
the condition will invariably subside without treatment. Should bacteria
find an entrance through the nipple at this time, an abscess may result.
The whole breast is involved and it will be exceedingly painful and much
swollen. There may be moderate fever, headache, and a pronounced feeling
of indisposition. These patients should be given a laxative,--citrate of
magnesia, or Pluto Water, and kept on a very light diet. An ice-bag
should be kept constantly at the breast during the day, and a moist
dressing of 1:5000 bichloride of mercury during the night.

It may take a week before recovery takes place.

LET YOUR EARS ALONE

Never Box a Child's Ears.--A single blow may make a child deaf;
repeated blows on their ears will certainly injure children's hearing.

Thomas A. Edison, our greatest inventor, was made deaf when a lad by a
surly brakeman, who soundly boxed his ears for some trivial or fancied
offense.

Boxing a child's ears is but one of a great many things you should never
do to the ears. In fact, there are far more things you should not do to
safeguard the hearing, than there are things you can do to benefit your
ears.

Do Not Pick the Ears.--Do not put cotton in the ears unless ordered to
do so by a reputable physician. Do not syringe the ears without the
doctor's orders. Put no poultices in the ears. Do not put drops of any
kind in the ears unless prescribed by a doctor. Above all, do not use
the advertised ear cures, as most of them are harmful. Never blow into a
child's ear, never douche the nose without the doctor's orders, as this
may wash germs into the tubes leading to the ears and bring about a
serious condition.

Riding in tunnels, especially in tunnels under water where the air
pressure varies, has, through some recent investigation, been found to
be injurious to the ears of a great many people.

Conductors and other trainmen who run through many tunnels are apt to
have ear trouble, as are the men who work underground a great depth
where they are in motion, such as miners running underground trains.

If you have an earache that continues for any length of time, take no
chances, but consult a physician. And remember to care for the throat
and nose, as ill conditions in those places result in ear troubles. Do
not blow your nose too hard; it merely injures the inner sides of the
ear drums. Adenoids in children frequently bring about a bad ear
trouble. Even seasickness is due in