The Home.

White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 October 1895, Page 8

The Home.

By A. W.

We trust that a few words regarding the treatment of burns and scalds may find acceptance with some who may be in need of them. As a local tever is set up in the parts affected, to apply oil as a remedy is to add fuel to fire, and thus to intensify the pain. The natural method is one which we can recommend to all, knowing the benefits that are derivable from it. The parts affected should be at once immersed in cold water, and if the burn is very severe must be kept under water several hours. The coldest water will feel most soothing for the first treatments. After a time, when the inflammation has modified in severity, tepid water may be found more sedative, and finally warm water will often feel the best. The rule is easy to be remendiered —“ Fallow the sensations of the patient.” Whatever gives ease is healing. After the application of the water, a lather made of Barilla soap is wonderfully effective. This should be covered wdth a light covering. When the lather has disappeared wet bandages should be applied. The patient is the best judge of their thickness. The writer, in making tea one morning for breakfast, carelessly poured the boiling water over hei hand instead of into the tea pot. The injured hand was at once held in a large bowl of cold water. Instant relief was obtained, and by the time breakfast was over the pain had entirely gone. A cold cloth was then packed round the hand, and at intervals renewed. At the end of the day the hand was comparatively well, though the whole surface of the back of the hand had been badly scalded. The same method should be applied for sunburn, from which children so often suffer, especially at the sea-side. The restlessness produced by the pain prevents sleep, and is often the cause of serious disorder. The parts affected should be laved weil in cold water til! the pain ceases, and then packed in wet cloths. The wet cloths should l>e put on before going to bed, and if necessary changed once or twice during the night., The remedy is simple indeed, but it is eminent*)' suv. ressful. Sunny Rooms. —Do not shut the sun out of your rooms. 44 Sunny rooms make sunny lives.” The germs of disease are more effectually destroyed by sun and pure air than by anything else. Cocoasut Pudding.— Fill a dish with slices of bread and batter, and between each layer place a liberal supply of dessicated cocoanut. Cover w ith w’ell-sweetened custard and bake slowly.

BURNS AND SCALDS.