A second essay on burns, in which an attempt is made to refute the opinions of Mr Earle and Sir W. Farquhar lately advanced on the supposed benefit of the application of ice in such accidents : with cases and communications confirming the principles and practice brought forward in a former essay.

  • Kentish, Edward, -1832
Date:
1800
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Credit: A second essay on burns, in which an attempt is made to refute the opinions of Mr Earle and Sir W. Farquhar lately advanced on the supposed benefit of the application of ice in such accidents : with cases and communications confirming the principles and practice brought forward in a former essay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t .6 ] duration, following the laws of animated nature. All other than thefe effects are incapable of proof, and may lead us wrong, therefore fhould be avoided. The firft cafe Mr E.relates is one which happened fome years ago to a medical gentleman: being near a bottle of fpirit of wine, which was impru- dently heated, and by fome accident caught fire, the bottle burft and the contents were thrown over his hands, face, and the upper part of the neck, all of which were miferably burnt. “ At a confutation,'’ fays Mr Earle, “ on this unfortunate cafe, the ufual modes of treating burns were dif- cuffedj and from a thorough conviction of the little good to be derived from the applications in common ufe, it was agreed that after the lofs of fome blood, cold water alone fhould be applied to bathe the parts; and this being found to give eafe, was conftantly renewed y and the patient during feveral days drank nothing but cold water, and took very little nourifhment. By thefe means he was kept in a cool and tolerably eafy ftate, though the pain often returned at fhort intervals; fome bliflers arofe, which however in little more than a week fubfided, and no fear was produced.” After this cafe, Mr E. narrates that of the illus- trious Boerhaave, which happened from the burft- ing of Papin’s digefter. It was treated by profufe bleeding.