Notes on the treatment of burns and scalds and the deformities they occasion : with two cases of plastic operation under the care of the author / by Francis Mason.

  • Mason, Francis, 1837-1886.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Notes on the treatment of burns and scalds and the deformities they occasion : with two cases of plastic operation under the care of the author / by Francis Mason. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    external application of flour, and so convinced was Liston of the superiority of that over all other preparations, that he proscribed everything besides. Moreover, Mr. Erichsen, whose experience is admitted, and whose pamphlet on the ‘ Pathology of Burns’ is well worth perusal, says, iu reply to my inquiry made recently, that he considers flour thickly dusted on as being on the whole the best application. M. Gouyon used powdered Venice talc for burns and Mr. Fincham’s plan was to apply a lotion of one part of chlorinated soda to six of water.^ Dr. S. Judkin dissolved white lead and flax-seed oil to the consistence of cream, and applied the mixture with a light feather.® Dr. A. D. Binkerd, writing in the ‘ Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Beporter,’ July 9th, 1870, prefers as an application to burns when first seen carbolic acid and glycerine in the pro- portion of from five to ten drops of the former, thoroughly incorporated with two ounces of the latter, spread on with a camel’s-hair or other light brush ; then a layer of cotton wool, over which a roller bandage is neatly adjusted. The adminis- tration of a fourth to half a grain of the sulphate of morphia as early as practicable has been producive of beneficial results. For the suppuration following burns he recommends the following dressing: Yellow wax, melted and strained, 5j; Raw linseed oil, ; Tannin, 5j ; Subnitrate of bismuth, gr. xx. The wax must be first melted, the oil must then be added, and the whole stirred until incorporated ; next the tannin must be added; and lastly the bismuth. Professor Richardson, of New Orleans, recommended a mixture of bismuth to be rubbed up with glycerine to form a thick paste.*^ Dr. de Breque suggested the following lini- ment J ‘Med. Times and Gazette,’ June 24, 1865, p. 653, 2 ‘ Lancet,’ Jan. 26, 1867, p. 113. 3 ‘ Mod. Times and Gaz.,’ April 1, 1871, p. 386. ^ ‘ North American Mcd.-Cliir. Rev.,’ July, 1860, p. 656. * ‘ Lancet,’ Oct. 18, 1873, p. 563.