_If the boils should arise from the child being in a delicate state of health_, give him cod-liver oil, meat once a day, and an abundance of milk and farinaceous food. Let him have plenty of fresh air, exercise, and play. _If the boils should arise from gross and improper feeding_, then keep him for a time from meat, and let him live principally on a milk and farinaceous diet. _If the child be fat and gross_, cod-liver oil would be improper; a mild aperient, such as rhubarb and magnesia, would then be the best medicine. 239. _What are the symptoms of Earache?_ A young child screaming shrilly, violently, and continuously, is oftentimes owing to earache; carefully, therefore, examine each ear, and ascertain if there be any discharge; if there be, the mystery is explained. Screaming from earache may be distinguished from the screaming from bowel-ache by the former (earache) being more continuous—indeed, being one continued scream, and from the child putting his hand to his head; while, in the latter (bowel-ache), the pain is more of a coming and of a going character, and he draws up his legs to his bowels. Again, in the former (earache), the secretions from the bowels are natural; while, in the latter (bowel-ache), the secretions from the bowels are usually depraved, and probably offensive. But a careful examination of the ear will generally at once decide the nature of the case. 240. _What is the best remedy for Earache?_ Apply to the ear a small flannel bag, filled with hot salt—as hot as can be comfortably borne, or foment the ear with a flannel wrung out of hot chamomile and poppy-head decoction. A roasted onion, inclosed in muslin, applied to the ear, is an old-fashioned and favorite remedy, and may, if the bag of hot salt, or if the hot fomentation do not relieve, be tried. Put into the ear, but not very far, a small piece of cotton-wool, moistened with warm olive oil. Taking care that the wool is always removed before a fresh piece be substituted, as if it be allowed to remain in any length of time, it may produce a discharge from the ear. Avoid all _cold_ applications. If the earache be severe, keep the little fellow at home, in a room of equal temperature, but well ventilated, and give him, for a day or two, no meat. If a discharge from the ear should either accompany or follow the earache, _more especially if the discharge be offensive_, instantly call in a medical man, or deafness for life may be the result. A knitted or crocheted hat, with woolen rosettes over the ears, is in the winter time, an excellent hat for a child subject to earache. The hat may be procured at any baby-linen warehouse. 241. _What are the causes and the treatment of discharges from the Ear?_ Cold, measles, scarlet fever, healing up of “breakings-out” behind the ear; pellets of cotton-wool, which had been put in the ear, and had been forgotten to be removed, are the usual causes of discharges from the ear. It generally commences with earache.