A new method of treating burns & scalds and certain cutaneous eruptions. Part 1 / by Michl. Ward.

Date:
1829
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    ject by Dr. Ward, of Manchester, suggested the application of flour. The children were accordingly laid upon their backs, aiid the parts affected plentifully sprinkled with this simple remedy. The effect ivas surprising. The relief loas almost instantaneous; and in the course of about half-an- hour, both of the sufferers ivere perfectly free from pain; so much so, that the one least burnt walked home the same evening ; the other, though severely injured, passed a very comfortable night, and, up to the time of writing, (a period of about thirty hours) has not complained of inconvenience. The chief object of my laying these cases before you is, that parents may not be at a loss, in case of such a mis- fortune happening in their own families. Flour is a SUBSTANCE WHICH IS ALWAYS AT HANI), IS EASY AND PLEASANT OF APPLICATION, AND CANNOT DO HARM; AND AS SOME MAY THINK THAT IT WILL LIKEWISE DO NO GOOD, TO THEM I HAVE ONLY TO SAY, CREDE EXPERTO. Liverpool, October 19th, 1828. CASE 16. The following case appeared originally in the Taunton Courier, and was copied into the Morning Herald, from which it is taken.— A few weeks ago we communicated the distressing case of a man who was brought to the Taunton and Somerset Hospital, inconsequence of falling, while in a fit, into a lime KILN, by which he was so shockingly burned—absolutely roasted all over—that his death was considered inevitable. In this state the only experiment which was practicable appeared to Mr. Welch, the surgeon whose duty it was to attend the sufferer, to apply very frequent dressings of flour, which were found to abate the pain, and by persevering in this mode of treatment, the patient was ultimately reco- vered:'* This being one of those extreme cases in which n^arclong wished the remedy to be put to the test, not .ameitimr' '^P ranLt^^T T * ^' ^'^ » J^f. * 'PPlicahon of rerv frequent drcing, ^four. B 2