A new method of treating burns and scalds / by Michael Ward.

  • Ward, Michael.
Date:
1828-9
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Credit: A new method of treating burns and scalds / by Michael Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    next (or second) object will be, if the patient feel inclined to sleep, and has no immediate occasion for food, for him to endeavour to do so, either until the pain return, or an inclination for nourishment bo expressed ; that emer- gency which occurs first is of course to be first attended to. If the former, (i. e. the return of pain) we must commence by carefully removing the linen coverings or bandages from those parts ichere the pain is the most considerable (without attempting to remove any of the Flour previously applied except such portions of it if any as do not adhere to the subjacent parts, which will be easily done if a sufficient quantity of Flour which can scarcely be too copious, were applied in the first instance,) and then proceed as before to apply Flour equably and copiously to the painful parts, by means of the Dredger, which is the easiest and best method of effecting it, if the holes in the lid be sufficiently numerous and large, to allow the flour to pass with the requisite facility. It would also be a good general rule, particularly at the first and several of the succeeding dredgings or sprinklings, to continue the process for a certain time, (longer or shorter according to the extent of the violence, and the degree of pain complained of,) after the parts become easy, (with a view to keep them in that state as long as possible :) and steadily to persevere in it either until the last mentioned object be attained, or the parts aftected shall have received a coating or covering of this invaluable article of from a quarter, to nearly half an inch in thickness ; and then apply the bandages, &c. as before; and secondly, not to disturb those places which still continue easy in consequence of having undergone one or more sprinklings or dustings, until the return of pain or uneasiness shall indicate the necessity of repeating it. And in this manner we must proceed the first two or three weeks, or until that period shall arrive when it will be necessary to make some addition to the Flour. The plan which I have adopted and have found to answer is this; to begin by adding one part of the Calaraina Preparata to three of Flour, (intimately united,) gradually increasing the proportion