Treatment of Burns.

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 76

Treatment of Burns.

Large superficial burns are more dangerous than small deep ones, unless the latter are ovte. * vital organ. Ac a role, the

[ amoani of akin destruction measures the danger. Children fluccniab more readily tc bums than adults, wihile women are mora semsitrre to them than men. Prpmrtnees of treatment has much influence or tihe outcome. Burns upon, imo abdomen give the greatest mortality. In few difficultieb is early attention more imperative than in burns, hence the importance ot disseminating useful knowledge among the lariity on the subject, that (something effective may often be done whib waiting for the physician. The wihite of egg -beaten up wiiib. sweet oil and bicarbonate of soda makes a very soofchinj application, protecting the surface from the air. If sweet oil is no* a* nan<S linseed or any otihet veg«t«ible oil will do. It is well to have ready for application to burtw of not very targe exteni &n ointment compounded as follows: Ichthyoi odnft* ment, one ounce ; carbolised petrolatum, en© ounce ; zino ointment, one otmce ; $ufrnitrats of bismuth, one <d!rachni; powxfereJ opium, one dnaeiim. Tsbb ointment may ■be applied freely and w-i be found to give earnest immediate relief. ■ftf a burned hand or foot » plunged »C once into- * -basin of water into -which a. few spoonfuls of powdered ebHpeta* are placed, the pain often ceases at once. If lit returns, adding- fresh ©00l water and more saltpetre will ogam atop it- Follow this with one of the preparations mentioned, and you will be doing a great deal for the comfort of 'file patient. If *h> jja*i«nt is much Shocked by the bum, give a teaapoonful of aromatic spirits, of ammonia in some cool water and *.pplv to points not burned' hot water bags- Do this eapeoially where there is chilliness, and send for. your physician at once. — Good Housekeeping.