The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-07-26
WAR TREATMENT SAVES LIFE
OF FORMER PARIS MAN.


of the treatment which saved the life
Of former Paris boy, Mr.. Clarence
Erringer, who is now engaged in
ranching in California. The article
F, is timely in view of the fact that it
is the first time the treatment has
been used in this country. The
treatment, which was the discovery
of DR.. Alexis Carrel, a prominent
American surgeon, is described in
the article, which follows:
Devised in the base hospitals at
Paris for the relief of soldiers who
were victims of liquid fire, the now
famous Persistence treatment for
burns, which has proved such a bles-
sing behind the battle line in France,
has extended its influence until it has
finally arrived in Los Angeles, where
positive cure by it has just been
reported by two prominent local
surgeons who, for professional rea-
sons, have requested that their names
be withheld.
| THE man who owes his life to
this most recent of important sur
gical discoveries is T. c. Erringer,
Ventura county rancher. Five weeks
ago he was frightfully burned while
clearing brush from his ranch. A
can of gasoline exploded, fiinging it's
frey liquid all over him. He had
second-degree burns all over his
hands and arms up to the elbow.
His abdomen and chest were a solid
blister, and both of his legs were
badly burned from the knees down
ward Physicians who gave him
emergency treatment expressed the
opinion that his burns would prove
/ fatal.
Suffering eXcruciating pains,
Mr.. Erringer was rushed to the Pa
cific Hospital in this city, where
within an hour two prominent sur
geons had prepared his burns to re-
ceive an application of the antiseptic
preparation which was discovered by
Drs. Alexis Carroll and H. d. Dakin,
two of the foremost American ply
sicians and surgeons in the base hos
pital service in France since the out
break of the war.
my wounds were first thorough
lily cleansed and dried" said Mr.. En-
ringer, in telling his own story of
a remarkable recovery. "The Pari-
lsienne was blown upon the burned
area through an atomizer, care be-
ling exercised to cover every particle
of the burned surface and overlap
on healthy skin. Each application
gave me instant relief from terrible
agony.
ION top of the thin layer Of Par
affine that was blown upon my
burns was placed thin layer of alb
Isorbent cotton, which was painted
lover by the use of a soft brush Dip
ped in paraffine heated 100 deg.
Fair. Over all this was placed a
gauze bandage. For twenty-four
hours 1 enjoyed comfort which could
not be obtained by any other method.
The application was changed every
iday.
Five weeks ago 1 was mass OF
blisters and deep burns. To-day
finds me a we'll man, but had it not
) been for this discovery of science
surely would have perished.'
1.-The Carrel-Dakin preparation is
wax-like substance. consisting OF
parafne treated by the addition OF
gum elemi, Japan wax and purified
asphalt, which modifies its physical
character and make it more pliabie
and adhesive. A small amount OF
eucalyptol is added to neutralize the
disagreeable odor emanating from
, the burned area.
/ "Elwood B. Haworth in the Jour
, NAL of Surgery, Gynecology and OD-
stetrics, says that the treatment OF
burns and graduating wound sur
. faces with parafine preparation has
proved a distinct advance in sur
! gerry. Wounds cicatrize in one-thlrd
to one-half the time required by any
other method. The scar tissue Is
less dense and more flexible, and skin
grating is not often required. fhe
. action of parafine film applications
= upon granulations is largely mechan
4 ical. On cooling, the film contracts
and exerts a suction, thus inducing
an active hyperaemla.
'Dr. Alexis Carrel was on the
staff of the Rockefeller Institute ano
DR. Dakin was at the Hertel Labora'
tory in New York at the outbreak OF
the war. Both surgeons have given
to the world many scientific dlscov'
cries, which have aided materially II
restoring life and health to the slcf
and wounded. Their services in the
base hospitals in France have beer
highly commended, but the creates
of their work to date is the dlscoV
cry of the parafine treatment To-
burns. a. system which, although dis
covered only a few months ago, ha'
already contributed to the relief o
suffering humanity in this commu
nifty"
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