=Treatment.=—Protect the clothing by means of a towel or rubber neck piece. By means of a soft rubber ear syringe, wash the canal thoroughly by forcing warm soap solution into it. I prefer concentrated liquid castile soap (any good soap will do) diluted about one to four in water as warm as the patient can bear it. The soap solution is contained in a pus bowl held tightly against the neck under the ear. There is little danger of using too much force with the soft rubber syringe. In most cases the hardened cerumen will be dislodged by the syringing only. If this cannot be done, it may be well to discontinue the treatment until the following day. The solvent action of the soap solution will further reduce the hardened mass and it usually can be removed by syringing the following day. This method is preferable in many cases because patients dislike the pain which usually accompanies the use of a curet. The dull loop curet is the most efficient and safest instrument for removing hardened cerumen that the syringe may fail to dislodge. This instrument must be used with great care because the membranes, long protected by the covering of cerumen are hypersensitive and bleed easily. After removing the cerumen, the canal should be thoroughly dried and lubricated with some non-irritating lubricant. It is also well to place a small pledget of absorbent cotton into the external opening to protect the sensitive membranes from the cold, air and dust. In drying the canal I prefer to use a small aluminum applicator, twisting a small piece of absorbent cotton on the end in such a way as to cover the tip well, thus making any injury from its use impossible. Atrophic Meatus Sensitive or itching ears as the patient commonly describes it, is a very common disease caused by any atrophic condition of the membranes of the auditory meati and frequently found in common with auditory or other cranial nerve deficiency or degeneration. The direct cause of the irritation is the collection of particles of dry cerumen. =Treatment.=—The local treatment consists of syringing with warm (118° to 120°F) soap solution until all of the scaly cerumen has been removed. The canal is then dried and lubricated as described above. Several such treatments may be required after which I prefer the use of the continuous irrigating ear cup, using salt mixture instead of the soap. The same salt mixture as is recommended for nose and throat irrigation is satisfactory. After such irrigations the application of phenol-glycerine (10% phenol in glycerine) seems to be an efficient treatment. The local treatment must, of course, be accompanied by corrective treatment to the mandible and upper cervicals. Furunculosis