Tes iatrikes kartos, or, A treatise de morborum capitis essentiis & pronosticis adorned with above three hundred choice and rare observations ... / by Robert Bayfield ...

CAP. XC. De Ulceribus aurium, & vermibus.

ULcera aurium, Ulcers of the ears, arise from those things that either pour forth pus or matter, or else such as by their acrimony and tartness are of a corroding nature.

Ulcera in auribus difficilè curantur, quia cere∣brum vicinum ad eas partes excrementa deponit; But those which follow an Imposthume are easier cured, especially if the matter be laudable; but where the matter is virulent, stinking, or the like, it is difficult; especially if the Ulcer be cavous, and the bone foul.

For drying and cleansing of an Ulcer in the ear, this Medicine following is excellent, as I have found by experience: ℞ Mellis optimi, & vini albi antiqui, ana, ℥ iii. Bulliant ad despumatio∣nem, & instillentur in aurem, and stop it with Cotton dipt in the same: But if you would not have it so strong, you may boil the Honey with Water and Wine: Or ℞ Decocti hordei, ℥ iv. mellis rosacei, ℥ i. misce. instillentur tepidè in aurem,

Vermes, worms, discover themselves by the corroding pain, restlesness, and other such like conjectural Symptoms.

Necantur unguento ex axungia capi, & oleo cory∣li, cum gr. ii. Mercurii dulcis misto: This medicine following is highly commended.

℞ Olei amygdal. amar. succi apii, centaurii mi∣nor. ana, ℥ ii. aceti, ʒ ii. Bulliant parum, deinde adde myrrhae, aloes, ana, ℈ i. M. Instillentur in aurem. Also the decoction of Hemp dropt in∣to the ear is very effectual for the killing of Worms. Hitherto of the diseases of the ears: Next follow the symptomes.