The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-02-09
BURNS AND BRUISES.
Simple Remedies for the Minor ills OF
the Family.

Simple Remedies for the Minor Ills OF
the Family.
The sudden great rise in temperature
of the portion of the skin that is ex-
posed to steam or flame or a highly
heated surface Injuries the exposed ends
OF the sensory nerves, hence the ex-
quisite pain. The main thing to do
is to at once protect the surface from
the air, the skin being now supersensi-
tive to every breath. A homely but
MOTTO be .iaughed-at remedy in slight
burn is to dredge the part with -four
Do not heap and pack the flour on.
but sift it on lightly till the surface
is we'll covered. Flour is always at
hand. so should be remembered as at
any rate an immediate relief. Better
still, spread piece of linen very soft
and old with vaseline enough to com
pletely cover the surface burned, and
lay over il another covering of gutta-'
percha.
One OF the best applications for
burn is Carron-oil. So called from hav-
ing been first used to dress burns at the
Carron furnaces. 1t is made of equal
parts of linseed oil and lime water. So
beneficent a remedy should be kept in
TIE house, and it can be made at home
very cheaply if the oil ard piece of
quicklme can be had. Stake the lime
by dropping it into water. A white
powder will be precipitated; drain off
the water. and put the powder into
some cooled boiled water and shake;
when the water has taken in solution
all of the lime that it will hold, pour off
the liquid into clean bottle, and the
lime water is ready for use.
To dress a burn with Carron oil, wet
a piece of linen in it, lay on the wound,
cover with gutta-percha tissue; as soon
as the linen dries, wet again, and con-
tinue to keep the burn wet till the
fire" is out of the wound. Protect the
skin Of burn till it loses all sensitive
ness, as il once abraded it heals very
slowly.
When Betty falls and bumps sorc
portion of her roly-poly body. the
doctor if at hand would order cold
application, and as a moist CT is better
than a dry cold, pound piece of ice
and fold it in a towel. If there is no
ice at hand, wiring cloths from cold wa
ter, fold in several layers and apply
TO the bruise as often as the cloths be-
come warm; continue the cold applica-
ton for three or four hours in case of
bad bruise. Follow this treatment
with hot applications, and here again
moisture is desirable; so, instead of the
hot-water bag, wiring cloths from hot
water and lay on as often as they cool.
II is difficult to keep child still and
under treatment after the first pain
! passes off; but If after the nap which
| usually follows cessation from pain,
| and during which the ice can be ap-
| piled. baby gets up and trots about.
| the bruise can at least be bathed several
| times with very warm water. and this
will reduce the discoloration. Gentle
massage will help restore the circula.
ton impeded by the, blow, and prevent
a black eye" or "blacll-and-bue spot, g
but the pressure of the ice or cold and
hot cloths is often all the handling o
bruised surface can bear. The old
wives notion that person should not
be permitted to sleep after a fall is
moonshine, and has no scientific reason
for being .-Harper's Bazaar.