Show NOTHING BATHS BATHE to CURE SURE BURNS ATH SATH for burns is the newest method of medical science for healing scorched flesh As to the efficiency of this method the fol- fol ol- ol g case c se reported in the Journal of the jean Medical Association by Dr Da David d Fori For- For i Jew Smyra Florida seems to offer ample ce e ej boy b aged 16 burned in an explosion on pline aline launch and having come through fire his escape was brought by automobile wrapped in a sheet to the hospital He arned on the brow both ears the face nose neck left forearm and hand right arm cm and hand and across the back down to tot fj t the he tIie posterior surfaces of the thighs abdo- abdo anterior surfaces of the thighs to ees ies It will be seen that the only uninjured the patient could be handled were arm both legs below the knee and his f ef he had a large mop He was welled well ked ed with hypnotic and when aroused was s. s was vas cleansed with surgical solution of hated soda wrapped in packs of this cony con- con l y renewed and after finally being dried ted with paraffin applied with a cotton p Parts were covered with large largs meshed par- par gauze uze ze which was found unsuccessful as tant rolling of the patient caused the laden gauze to become detached There There- light meshed dressing gauze was with better results The patient was daily with the paraffin encouraged to prater ater freely was kept on a strictly milk Ministered every three hours and had one- one grain irain of sulphate as his condition The ed d. d The temperature went to pulse the fifth day acting on a suggestion for hot boric acid fomentations fomentation we decided to place the patient in a bathtub full of warm 2 per cent boric acid solution which we maintained at a temperature temperature temperature tempera tempera- ture of between 90 and F. F warming to the patients patient's desire and cooling when he seemed ex ex- hausted He remained in the bath one hour We felt that he had absorbed a large amount amount of fluid through his denuded tissue and that the flushing of the kidneys was a happy accompaniment of the mechanical cleansing When he was taken from the solution the bleeding parts were coated with an ointment having a petroleum m base while the was rest treated with paraffin after drying If the surface is not dried the application is very painful The results of the immersion were so favorable favor favorable favorable favor favor- able that the next day we kept him in the solution solution solution tion three hours detaching dead skin and large larg sloughs The Th baths continued daily changing from boric acid solution to physiologic sodium s solution lution The sloughing on the right side of the neck was so extensive that it was feared that a permanent would hold the head headin in the sided one-sided position the patient constantly maintained but gradually the condition improved It was remarkable to see the skin come in over the raw surfaces growing as much as an aninch aninch aninch inch in a day t to cover a surface as large as two outspread hands The immersion assisted in detaching detaching de de detaching taching adherent particles of dressing and debris thus av avoiding iding the rubbing which would have detached detached detached de de- tender growths of epithelium r. r At the end of three weeks the patient was on his feet wal walking in the sunshine and in four weeks was discharged rough healed with only the right ear unhealed which had an abscess of the cartilaginous structures |