BURLS, REMOVAL OF, from Cloth and Wool

Introduce the wool or the woollen goods into 100 litres of sulphuric acid at 6° B., in which 500 grams of alum and 250 grams of salt have been di olved. Work in this bath for one or two hours, drain in the centrifugal, and hang up at 100° to 120°. Wash for an hour and a half in clear water, treat for two hours with fuller’s earth, soda and lime, and wash again for two hours. Sulphuric acid is adapted only for whites and indigo blues. For coloured goods solutions of chloride of tin, and chloride of manganese at 6° B., are recommended. BURNS [234] and Scalds. [235] Treatm. When the injury is superficial and slight, a little creosote may be applied to the part. If a scald, the vesicle should be first pierced with a needle, or what is better, snipped with a pair of sci ors, and the water which it contains should be then gently squeezed out. When creosote is not procurable, a liniment formed of equal parts of soft soap, basilicon ointment, oil of turpentine, and water, may be used instead. When the part feels very hot and painful, a poultice may be applied, on the surface of which a few drops of creosote, or of the liniment, should be spread with a knife. This treatment will generally succeed in allaying the pain. It may be followed by a dre ing of zinc ointment, or any other like simple emollient or unctuous preparation. Creosote, contrary to what is commonly a erted, produces scarcely any smarting or pain; whilst it rapidly removes the burning sensation, and the charred surface soon a umes a dry scabby appearance, which, by dre ing with simple ointment, soon comes off and leaves the part beneath in a sound and healthy state. If a poultice be applied it is best to keep it on until the next day. Plunging the part into very cold water immediately after the receipt of an injury of this kind will frequently prevent any further remedy being required. Flexible collodion painted over a burn forms a good protective envelope. In all cases cooling laxatives should be administered; and the diet should be rather low until the inflammatory symptoms subside. [234] Burn , s. sing.; Ambus′tio , L. Brûlure , Fr.; Brand , Brandmahl , Ger. [235] See Scalds (under S ). Treatment for Animals. Carbolic dre ing, exclusion of air, cotton wool, linseed oil and lime water.