TREATMENT OF BURNS
MEDICAL PROGRESS DURING LONDON BLITZ The mortality rate at the beginning of -the war for severe burns received in air-raids was 50 per cent., said Dr. lan IT. Maclean, the divisional surgeon to the Paddington Red Cross division in London, in an address to the Wellington men’s detachment of the New Zealand Red Cross Society. As a result, however, of the wonderful progress made in the treatment of burns and the prevention of tetanus among air-raid casualties, it was reduced to below 10 per cent, he continued.
“The whole system of prevention of tetanus, thought not new,, had its first trial in the London blitz and surpassed all expectations,” he added. “This and the treatment of burns were the two greatest medical revelations of the London blitz.” Dr. Maclean talked of the work of the Red Cross and other voluntary organisations in London at the height of the air conflict and related some experiences gained from being associated with the work.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 68, 18 August 1947, Page 7
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164TREATMENT OF BURNS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 68, 18 August 1947, Page 7
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