Military Otolaryngology

External Otitis

“…(3) Is he or she adequately equipped and trained to carry it out efficiently ? Collins (1943) and Daggett (1942) advocated the setting up of Army Aural Treatment Centres and it was my good fortune to observe the successful functioning of many such centres (Lumsden, 1946). Men, whose normal occupations ranged from chiropody to labouring and who on selection showed aptitude for such employment, were instructed in the use of the forehead mirror and aural speculum, and in intra-aural manipulation.…”

“…(1) That " thorough treatment of the infected scalp, which is the organism's headquarters, cannot be too strongly insisted upon " (Barber, 1931, Brain, 1942, Lumsden, 1945. (2) To remember the possibility of overtreatment with antiseptics (Hellier, 1941), and the value of such preparations as calamine liniment and ichthyol (MacCormac, 1938).…”