HOT AIR FOR WOUNDS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 31 July 1917, Page 3

HOT AIR FOR WOUNDS.

German medical journals say that an army doctor named Karl Kramer is having great success in the treatment of wounds with hot air and caustic. In the «ase of a severe hand wound it was found that the treatment produced freedom from pain, rapid cleaning of the wound, and excellent granulation. 'After the wound had been healed the hand was treated with caustic solution, packed in the ordinary way, and put for half an hour in a hotair box with a temperature of Isodeg. Centigrade. There was a considerable rise of body temperature, but on the second day, when the treatment was repeated, it was found on changing the bandages that the cleansing of the wound was remarkably rapid. The treatment was repeated daily until the caustic caused no rise of temperature. The treatment with caustic was then and the hot air treatment was continued wTFh excellent results. It is stated that in all cases of suppuration neither tetanus nor gas-gangrene were observed, that the granulation is always good that the caustic rapidly stops bleeding especially in the case of w r ounds from mine splinters —and that the high temperature of the hot-air boxes makes the wounds almost painless.