HOME HEALTH GUIDE
TREATMENT OF COMMON COMPLAINTS. NO. 2: BURNS. (Prepared and issued by the Health Department.) Next time you accidently burn or scald yourself try good strong tea—externally. Throw a handful of tea into the pot, and make a strong brew with boiling water. Use it as a lotion, or soak strips of lint or clean cloth in it. When cool enough, cover the painful area, and keep moistening it with the strong tea. It is very soothing. Another tried old remedy for the surface burn is baking soda paste; or you can put a dessertspoonful of baking soda into a pint of warm water, and use it as a lotion. A burn or a ( scald is probably the most common of domestic accidents. And they can be extremely painful. But how many households have some medical preparation on hand, just in case? The two remedies given above are only temporary makeshifts. For the propel’ treatment of burns, a tried medical preparation should be used. The ordinary kitchen burn is mostly only a surface one. It goes no deeper than the skin, and usually raises a very painful blister without destroying the flesh. There are tvzo very useful medical dressings to have about the placegentian violet jelly, and tannic acid jelly. The chemist has them put up in tubes. They are simple to use, and effective. No dressing, rag, lint, or gauze is needed. Just clean the surface with soap and water, and spread the jelly over the burnt area. The jelly, when allowed to dry, will form a protective covering over the burn. Gentian violet jelly is probably the better medicament of the two, because it is found that tannic acid jelly, excellent though it is, tends to make too tight a tanning over the skin in the case of serious burns. You sometimes read of unfortunate accidents in which a toddler is badly scalded by spilling boiling water over itself. This is liable to happen in the most careful households. Call a doctor immediately. While waiting for him to arrive, put the child into a warm- bath, adding two tablespoons of salt to each gallon of water. Keep the water at body heat, and leave the child in the water until the doctor arrives. The bath will help to reduce the shock and pain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1941, Page 7
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387HOME HEALTH GUIDE Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1941, Page 7
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