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Show i . i i..'.. m. BURNS AND BRUISZS. Stmplo Komodlos fur tlio minor ills ol tlio 1'iimlly. The sudden great rise in temperature of the portion of the skin that is exposed ex-posed to steam or flame or a highly heated surface injures the exposed ends of the censor' nerves, hence the exquisite ex-quisite pain. The main thing to do is to at once protect the surfuce from the air, the skin being now supersensitive supersensi-tive to every breath. A homely but not-to-be-luughed-at remedy in n slight burn 1b to dredge the part with flour. Do not heap and pack the flour on, but sift it on lightly till the surface Is well covered. Flour is always at hand, so should be remembered 03 nt any rate nn immediate relief. Better Rtill, spread a piece of linen (very soft and old) with vaseline enough to completely com-pletely cover the surface burned, and lay over it another covering of gutta- pcrcha. One of the best applications for n burn Is Oarron-oil, so called from having hav-ing been firat used to dress burns at the Carron furnaces. It is made of equal parts of linseed oil und lime water. So beneficent a remedy should be kept In the house, and It can b made at home very cheaply if the oil ar.d a piece of quicklime can be had. Slake the lime by dropping It into water. A white powder will be precipitated; drain off the water, and put the powder into some cooled boiled water and shake; when the water has taken in solutlou nil of the lime that it will hold, pour off the liquid into a clean bottle, and the lime water is ready for use. To dress a burn with Carron oil, wet a piece of linen in it, lay on the wound, cover with gutta-percha tissue; as soon ns the linen dries, wet. again, and continue con-tinue to keep the burn wet till the "fire" is out of the wound. Protect the skin of burn till it loses all sensitiveness, sensitive-ness, as if once nbrnded it hcal3 very slowly. When Betty falls and bumps some portion of her roly-poly body, the dootor if nt hand would order a cold application, and as a moist cr ' is better than h dry cold, pound a p!ce of ice and fold it in a towel. If there is no ice at hand, wring cloths from cold water, wa-ter, fold in several layers nnd apply to the bruise as often ns the cloths become be-come warm; continue the cold application applica-tion for three or four hours in case of a bad bruise. Follow this treatment with hot applications, and here again moisture is desirable; so, instead of the hot-water bag, wring cloths from hot water and lay on na often ns they cool. It is difficult to keep a child still and under treatment after the first pain T,nssis oiT; but if after the. nap which usually follows cessation from pain, and during which the ice can be applied, ap-plied, imby gets up and trots about, the bruie can nt least be bathed several times with very warm water, and this wjll reduce the discoloration. Gentle massage will help restore the circulation circula-tion impeded by the. blow, and prevent a "black eye" or "black-and-blue spot," but the pressure of the ice or cold and hot cloths is often nil the handling a bruised surface can bear. The old wives' notion that a person should not bo permitted to sleep after n fall is moonshine, and has no scientific reason for being. narper's Bazar. |
