The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-06-24
AID
TO THE BURNED
How to Stop the Suffering OF
the Seorched Skin.

are burned to death every year in
the United States. Many times
that number are badly burned.
A burn of the first degree hurts
only the outside of the skin. The
burned place is red, painfully hot,
and tender. When it gets well,
the outside layer of skin peels.
This outside layer of the skin is
made of scales like those of a fish
but very much smaller.
To stop the pain from such a
burn the air must be kept away
from it. Lint or cotton wetted
from pint of water into which a
teaspoonful of baking soda has
been stirred. should be put over
the burn and held by bandage.
IL there is no soda use sweet oil or
molasses. Many mothers use
scrapings from potato. If burn
of this kind covers large part of
the body it is dangerous, and a
doctor should be sent for. While
waiting for him an extensive burn
should be wrapped in cotton or
covered with -four. A very large
burn which only makes the skin
red, without blistering it, may
cause one to sink and die from
shock and pain. Big burns that
are not deep, often come from gas
and gasolene explosions in which
the heat only lasts moment.
In burns of the second degree
there are blisters. Blisters are
made by water from the blood be-
ing poured out to cool the burn.
The skin over the blister should
not be taken away, but the water
should be let out of it by a needle
prick at its edge. Clothing should
be taken off with care not to break
any bllsters. The skin over the
blister is the best covering for the
raw spot under it until new skin
grows.
Burns of this kind should have
put on them soft rags, or cotton,
dipped in carron oil, which can be
had at any drug store, or by cloths
smeared with tallow. Over the
cloths bandage should be put.
Burns of the third degree take
the life out of all the layers of the
skin and sometimes out of flesh
under them. The skin is made
hard like stiff paper. The dead
skin and flesh Is gotten rid of by
matter forming under it. While
these deep burns are healing the
flesh under them may draw up so
that joint cannot be moved.
They always leave bad scars. Any
deep burn should have the care of
doctor quickly. Until he gets
there the burned one should lie
wrapped in blanket or put into a
bath-tub of warm water. Many
persons say burn should be held
near a flame "to draw the fire out
of it," That is foolish.
Most of the deep burns are suf-
fered by persons whose clothing is
ignited. This ia because the flame
is kept against the skin so long.
Children whose clothes take fire
are usually burned to death.
Scalds are burns from very hot
water. They are not likely to be
deep because the water runs off.
Ii the fluid is thicker than water
the scald is deeper. Both burns
and scalds are most dangerous to
children if on the chest.
Water will scald long before it
gets as hot as a flame. Water
heated to 1870 degrees is as pain
'ul to ones hand as the blaze from
match which is more than 600
iegrees. Passing a hand through
blaze that hot gives little pain
'ut one would drop a pan heated
20 175 degrees.
Tablespoonful of coffee or soup
heated to 1870 degrees can be swal-
owed from spoon without hurt !
'ut II tie spoon touches the lips it s
'urns them. Although the skin /
IN the soles of the feet Is the a
hickest on the body one cannot j
tand on hot plate which he
ould hold in his hand without
iscomfort.
A red coal has heat of at least 8
90 degrees. Iron begins to turn $