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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    On the 17th, he was eafier than on the day before,- the ap- pearances of the parts in general were favourable, particularly the face ; thepulfe Hill continued at nearly the fame ftandard. On the 18th, he was much the fame as the day before ; fome parts had put on the appearances of fuppuration around their edges : thefe were drefTed with the cerat e lap. calam. and thofe on which it had not taken place, had the former dref- fings applied. The medicines as yellerday were continued, and the patient being coftive, an enema was injeded, which, with the afliftance of two or three grains of calomel, procured fomc motions ; hispulfe was reduced to 90; the anodyne was conti- nued at bed-time. k 0n the he felt much eafier, having pa/fed a very good night.. Some more of the efchars on the belly, breaft, and fhoulders, appeared to loofen ; thofe under the axilla felt very troublesome: the face, noflrils, lips, and mouth appeared to mend rapidly. The difcharge in this patient, which had begun to take place, fmelt very ftrong, and confiderably foetid, much more fo than in any of the former cafes defcribed. On the 20th, (fixth day) the ftimulating plan was gradually withdrawn, both with refpedl to external applications and diet - the former being now changed entirely to the cerat. e lap. calam! From this period to the twelfth day, the amendment became yn y progreflive. The face, (as I have invariably obferved m almoft all cafes of this fort, although in this it was by no means fo much injured as other parts) was the firft that healed. This with great part of the breaft and Ihoulders, had taken on the Hanning procefs. The efchars, which were deeply Seated on each fide of the • ,, , r 7 ue or tne umbilical region, as alfo that near the axilla, did not feparate completely till about the eighth or nmth day. The furfaces of the tender fores, previoufly to the application of the cerate, were well dulled through the perfo- ’ of a tin box with pulv. e creta pp. et pulv. amylijn the G 2 t proportion