Show Y Your U r Baby's Healt By DR MORRIS FISHBEiN Editor Journal of ih the lb American Medical and of Hygeia ih the th Health Magazine k Few injuries affecting th the hl vL man body are as painful as rauS lating or as difficult to hanS as are severe severo burns of tho the Wa Due to development of ot all j jorS of new devices particularly ti 01 Inflammable oils gasoline j tS similar substances burns of ot f thi body are aro much more than they used to be 7 j Around tho the homo home the tho child be burned by heat from a raj radii tor by acid by a 4 flame by ye by electric pads or occasion occasional by an electric shock It is realized now v that In fri ca caw of severe burns bums of tho the body It IU i as necessary to treat the tho as it is to treat the burn In such cases the patient be tal taken en as soon as t ta a hospital and put to bed beeL a I Because of the tho shock it Is nee essary to maintain tho the heat c e the body This may bo be don dont fc any of the usual devices i Excessive sweating should nc be permitted however b bea caia of tho the risk of ot infection or OC softening and macerating t ft U skin more Furthermore a burn bum maki makia a considerable demand on oa t tt U water supply of the body a an 11 this must be closely watched as at rigidly controlled by bythe the doctor dodor The patient will always try avoid any painful position J Ja j a result ho may h heal l with sea aca and resulting In permanent disability This is just another reason w wl everything possible possible- should should- 1 done to prevent accidental bur bui buring ing of the tho child chUd If It the child happens to 1 burned by an acid the first iti sti is to wash off the acid with a i lution of baking soda and to leathe leathe lea the burned area in tho the soda Isome f I some time t H Burns of the surface of ot t tJ body that aro are severe enough be exceedingly painful may a aIbe al aI albo be bo treated temporarily with baing bi bt ing soda solutions until the detor do de dotor dotor tor has opportunity to see the p tient and to provide remedies j I If It a hand or a foot has be burned by spilled hot water zoi or coffee coHee the limb should irn be bo put under water a J submerged until the first of the injury have passed Thi it may be covered with ster vaseline or petrolatum which w stop slop most of the pain and mit tion I Do not put loose cotton or v IV v wide pieces of gauze on the bun because they may stick an and th constitute a serious problem i 1 ithe Ithe the doctor who handles bandIes the case cas caseIn In the modern method of trIng tr trIng treo Ing burns tannic acid are used These produce a su au able crust or covering und which healing of the burn tak place readily Such treatments treatment however ji a not of the tho simple type of firsts first's that can be applied easily easly in mt t home |