Notes on the treatment of burns and scalds and the deformities they occasion : with two cases of plastic operation under the care of the author / by Francis Mason.

  • Mason, Francis, 1837-1886.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Notes on the treatment of burns and scalds and the deformities they occasion : with two cases of plastic operation under the care of the author / by Francis Mason. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mr. Bulley, of Reading, used lint dipped in diluted treacle, one part in three of water, and insisted particularly on the mixture being used at 98°, the temperature of the body.i Warm-water dressing, too, has its advocates. Mr. Wills, of Crew kerne, states that in his opinion it is the most pleasant application to the patient.^ Mr. Higginbottom, of Nottingham, who used nitrate of silver extensively in cases of erysipelas, gives the following formula for burns, which he conceived to be preferable to all others; Nitrate of silver, 9viij ; Nitric acid, drops xij ; Distilled water, He approves of this strong solution, and says that in burns and scalds one slight application on the inflamed surface and two upon a denuded surface will be found sufficient.^ Mr. Skey's favourite application was a solution of nitrate of silver. In a clinical lecture delivered in 1870 he remarked,^ ‘'Now observe, this treatment by carron oil, be it good or bad, affords no relief from the exquisite suffering caused by a large burn, the pain of which continues uninterruptedly for several days, depriving the sufferer of sleep and indirectly of food.” He then recommends a remedy he has resorted to for many years, viz. a solution of nitrate of silver in a strength propor- tionately to the extent and severity of the burn, from five to ten grains to the ounce of water.” He concludes by saying, My advice to you is to abjure carron oil and all demulcents, and to adopt the treatment of burns and scalds by local stimuli.” Dr. Kalt^ recommends the following formula: Nitrate of silver, 5iij ; Distilled water, q. s.; Linseed oil, Oj. By the courtesy of the gentlemen whose names are appended to the respective reports, and to whom I beg to express my * ‘ Prov. Med. .Tournal,’ 184j8, p. 155. 2 Ibid, 1848, p. 104. ^ ‘ Prov. Med. Journal,’ 184S, p. 158. '• ‘ Lancet,’ Aug. 27, 1870. * ‘ Prov. Med. Journal,’ 1852, p. 307.
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