3. Local Applications.--Soothing remedies: These can be used when the parts are inflamed and raw. Lead and opium wash, or boric acid, or linseed oil, or starch, or cocaine, and zinc stearate with boric acid. This form of zinc adheres to the parts when rubbed on, and is thus more valuable. [DIGESTIVE ORGANS 145] 4. The following is good to dust in the parts:-- Boric Acid 2 drams Stearate of Zinc 2 drams Talcum 1 dram Apply as a dusting powder. 5. The following is good for the raw parts:-- Carbolic Acid 1 scruple Menthol 10 grains Camphor 10 grains Suet enough to make 1 ounce Mix. Apply freely two or three times daily after cleansing the parts. Melt the suet and when partially cold, add the other ingredients. 6. The following is good for the itching and to heal the raw surfaces:-- Carbolic acid 1 dram Zinc oxide 1 dram Glycerin 3 drams Lime water 8 ounces Mix and apply once or twice daily to relieve the itching. 7. Carbolic acid 1 dram Calamin prep 2 drams Zinc oxide 4 drams Glycerin 6 drams Lime water 1 ounce Rose water enough to make 8 ounces Mix. Keep in contact with the itching area by means of gauze or cotton while the itching is intense. 8. For injections into the rectum for rawness of the mucous membrane, the following is well recommended. Use three drams of this at one time. Fluid extract Witch Hazel 2 ounces Fluid extract Ergot 2 drams Fluid extract Golden Seal 2 drams Compound tincture Benzoin 2 drams Carbolized Olive or Linseed Oil 1 ounce Carbolic acid 5 per cent Mix and shake well before using. 9. For the same purpose:-- Ichthyol 1 dram Olive oil 1 ounce Mix and apply in the rectum on a piece of cotton. [146 MOTHERS' REMEDIES] PILES. (Hemorrhoids).--Hemorrhoid is derived from two Greek words, meaning blood and flowing with blood. "Pile" is from a Greek word meaning a ball or globe. Hemorrhoids, or piles, are varicose tumors involving the veins, capillaries of the mucous membranes and tissue directly underneath the mucous membrane of the lower rectum, characterized by a tendency to bleed and protrude. They were known in the time of Moses. Varieties.--There are the external (covered by the skin) and the internal (covered by mucous membrane).