Parowan Times | 1943-12-17 | Page 2 | Cream Developed by Navy Medical Corps Protects Skin from 'Flash Burn' Injuries

1 1 41 A fo A g u cream developed by navy medical corps protects skin from 6 flash burn Ini uries A skin cream that div gives e s positive protection against one of the deadliest and most disabling of battle hazards alas flash h burns b urns has been perfected by naval medical researchers the substance has the consistency of ordinary cold cream but is battleship gray in color about an ounce and a half smeared across the face neck forearms and hands will afford protection of those parts it is not necessary to apply t the he thin coating to covered portions of 0 the th e body since clothing alone even a thin undershirt provides adequate protection against all but the most intense flash bums picture shows a laboratory made flash burn on the arm of corn com gordon B fauley who is in charge of the research project that developed the cream