Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-09-14
CURING BURNS WITH COLD WATER.

CURING BURNS WITH COLD WATER.
A friend has directed our attention TO an ar
ticle written by Maxwell Mcdowell, Nj. D..
late professor i'll the University of MARYLAND.
giving The results of several applications made
oy MN, OF cold water as u remedy for scalds
ana burns. The article is of considerable
length, and we are compelled, therefore, to re-
duce 1t to the mere facts stated
Case l. The wife of DR.. Mcdowell had
kettie OF hot water upset upon her right ankle
ana loot Without permitting the stocking to
be removed, he had the foot placed immediate
ly in bucket of cold water, which relieved
the pain in few seconds. Tie water was re-
newed frequently, making it as cold as posi-
BILE, and after three hours the stocking was re-
moved, and the limb wiped dry, when no bis
Ter nor even the slightest blush of Inflammation
appeared.
Case 2. servant girl of the Doctor was
scaided IN like manner, and relieved bv the
same remedy Instead of changing the water,
snow ball was kept in the bucket-it being
winter.
Case B. Mrs. Sterrett had been badly
burnt by boiling molasses, in preparing "taffyn
Tor sick child. The hand was immersed in
cold water, and having kept it in basin, with
floating snow ball, next morning there was
no pain, nor even the sign of blister.
Case A. Henry, four years old, son of Mr..
a. l.. Boggs, ran against servant bearnp a
small tub OF boiling water, large portion of
wtich was poured into the ciiiid's bosom.
Dr, mcdowell was sent for and found the
sufferer frantic with agony, and likely to 90
INTO commissions. Before the Doctors arri-
vail me parents had unfortunately taken off
part OF the child's clothes, and in so doing had
| nor ni III eli,
also lnJudiciously covered his breast with raw
! cotton, which the doctor Instantly removed
There being no vessel at hand in which the
patient could be immersed in cold water, old
soft linen, dipped in cold water, was applied,
when relieved the pain in few minutes-lbe
linen BENG charged frequently with cold wa
Ter. Next day the little palien. was runnjno
ABOUT, playful and brisk, with no apparent in
jury except where the skin was torn off bv
the cotton, which required little sweet oil to
be rubbed on
Case D. Another son of Mr. Boges. while
amusing himself On the Christmas holiday By
setting lire 20 q tram of powder, had his face
and eyes burnt, which caused great pain His
mother knowing DR.. McDowell's remedy had
the boys face dipped in basin of cold water.
While she sent for the Doctor, who found his
patient iii great agony,-his face extremely
reh and very little white percepG6le in the ball
OF his eye-the vessels of the part being so
completely filed with red Uood-Ar,er keep
ing Ills face in the cold wafer, renewed of
course, about four hours, except raising it 10
orealhe, the cure was complete. n blister
was to be seen-all pain had vanished. though
me eyes could not comfortably bear their ac-
cuslomed degree of light.
Case 3. Mrs. Leche, wife of dry goods
catf, IF L., +. n
a tub OF hot water which had been placed bv
servant IN one OF the dark passages OF the
dwelling. She unfortunately drew off the
stocking and made raw place on her ankle.
Before the Doctor arrived, raw cotton had been
apPIied.-Cold water was substituted BIZ him.
and the raw part afterwards rubbed with lini-
ment composed of equal parts of nax-seed oil,
and lime water The remedy was successful
IN relieving pain; and when the limb was
bound with soft linen, and placed in hori-
zontal position, the patient, after a short CON
hnement TO herchamber, is now up again to her
ordinary household duties. The most of her
suffering was caused by removing the stocking
at first.
DIR. Mcdowell concludes that persons scald
ed on steamboats,, if thrown in wafer with
Their clothes on, and their heads kept up
would be relieved in most cases. He SAYS
VI consider cotd 5cater applied in the manner
mat have adopted, superior 10 every other
remedy i'll ScaIdS and burns. The directions
Tor the application of the remedy are very
simple and easily recollected Upon no ac-
count remove single article of clothing from
the person scaded or burned. Continue the
application Of cold water to the part affected
TIL, when it is discontinued, the sufferer does
not experience any return of pain.o