The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-21

who also knows the efficiency of flour
and starch. The doctor would probably
| use flexible collodionl but the prw.ose is
the same In all: 10 prevent the access of
! air to the injured surface, for that is
what causes the pain and inflammation to
continue.
Burns of the Second degree are such as
| occur from All lqyerturned lamp or. at
this time of the year, from burning-over
grass or burn4nga up rubbish and from
the nature Of heraslething. woman is the
most frequent sufferer. More Or less OF
the clothing Unusually consumed and in
removing the rest of the clothing 1t is
importent to DO 50 gently. Never tear
OH the charred )clothing forcibly from the
raw surface, but cut it off, ripping or
cutting the seams, especially In the arms
and legs of g4Emdrfts and pulling it away
| gently so that as little as possible Of the
hesh shall be @remaved. Again, In taking
+ OH the clothing, do not remove it all at
once put Wheh5 the surface Is an extern
siVe one dress, one, portion before uncov-
ering another, keeping the patient warm
all the time. sand especially avoiding
drafts and chill Have a basin of warm
wafer at hand and with a sponge satur-
ated with this water squeeze it gently
| upon the injured surface wherever clot H.
| ing Sucks to aid in freeing it. 1t is best
10 nave few drops of carbolic acid in
| the water and squeezing the water from
the sponge to- wash the whole burned
SURFACE TO cleanse 1t from all foreign
matter. Then put on carron OIL Carron
OH mas bad odor but a good name for
burns; 1t is a good, time-tried remedy; it
Is made Of equal parts of lime water and
nnseed oil, or olive OIL In fact. any
OIL VIII DO except kerosene or turpentine
ana such like and they may be used
pam, but lime water seems to have
curative effect upon burns In common
with other mild aIkalies.5 The washer
woman, Tor example, knows that if she
purns her fingers with hot iron. soap
suos VIII relieve the pain quicker than
plain water. After the oil has been ap-
piled, saturate a clean piece of cotton
cloth with the oil, lay it over the sur
race, cover 1t with layer of cotton wool
ana put a bandage lightly around It,
In twelve hours perhaps not until TWEEN
ty-four hours, this dressing must be re-
neWed but in burns the dressing should
De changed as seldom as possible as pos
slole and only when the fresh dressing
IS READY TO be applied Immediately as
soon as the old one Is taken off,
During the, early Part of the treatment
the diet should he light, but as conval-
essence sets in the diet should be nour-
lsh1ng and abundant, but it should be
at once loWeredS sgain If any signs OF
intestinal disturbance manifest them
selves. Saline Seathartics. such as En-
som salts, maygrbe given to keen the
bowels open, and if the urine is scanty
and higih-colofedS showing inflammation
OF the kidneys, give twenty grains of
citrate of potash, Vim water, with thirty
drops OF swees1 spirits Of nitre, three
After the blessing. of carron oil has
been used forfseveral days, healing will
doubtless have progressed far enough to
allow the use LOf some simple ointment in
ITS place, such as oxide of zinc ointment,
or 1chthyol ointment, or even rosin ce-
rate, or plain gpliFe oil, with a drop or
two Of carbolic add to the ounce. car
bolic acid notE only being antiseptic, but
locally anesthetic, thus alternating
pain and checking suppuration, which is
likely to occur IN burns even with the
best of care. Be cautious, however, not
to use too much ecarboHc acid, for this
Is caustic in itself, and strong scarbolic
acid burns worse than fire. A mustard
poultlce also makes a severe burn, and
these are: difficult to treat, doubtless ow
ing to secondary poisonous action of the
drug. Were 4 slight burn follows the
application OF mustard, washing the sur
face with fresh milk will alleviate the
pain and irritation.
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AS the burned surface heals, there is
always more, or less contraction. Of the
surface and Hence contracting cicatrices.
or scars, are common after burns have.
healed. This may, in part, be prevented
by proper" dressing between adjoining
parts, as between the fingers, but In
some cases they must be treated by &
surgeon after the burn has healed
This contraction also causes itching and
In children especially constant watch
must be kept to see that they do not
pick off the scabs and make a~running
or indolent sore. Often, too, proud flesh
complicates heating, but in most cases
little powdered alum busted over the
surface will bring about healing. Bis
ters, which are common in burns of any
severity, should be pricked with a clean
needle, not from the top, but by in
sorting the point of the needle in sound
skin outside the base of the blister and
running it under the edge of the raised
skin so as to make a valve-like puncture
which will allow the fluid to escape and
prevent the access of air, care being
taken not to-, break the skin In fact
the chief requisite in treating burn
Is to exclude the air from the surface
and to avoid removing injured skin even
air and is natures natural dressing.
Leon Noel