ACCIDENTAL DisCOVERY OF A REMEDY FOR BURNS.
• : ♦ ■ ;. , :_•.. A Frenoh workman aome time ago, In varnishing vacloaa metal pieces, soorohed '•■ himself moat dreadfully. In his agony, and without an Instant 1 * reiiotlon, h« thraat his injared hand into the pot containing the varnish, and immediately felt relieved as if by euohantment. He repeated the opera tJo a for a day ioi two, and In a very short time hU hind vh perfectly onred. This dlacorery exoited attention m his neighborhood ; he treated many similar oases saooessfally, and la September, 1878, he was sent for to Metz, m order to oare the men Injured by the explosion of the powder magazine. He is now m Paris, having been sent for to try his varnish on two patients m « hospital, and has •uo«e»ded ao well that a aore whioh has been reserved (for oompariaon, to be treated with nitrate of lilrei m the ordinary way, has been glvtn up to him to be managed m that way.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1694, 25 October 1887, Page 2
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164ACCIDENTAL DisCOVERY OF A REMEDY FOR BURNS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1694, 25 October 1887, Page 2
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