An essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body / by James Earle, Esq. F.R.S. surgeon extraordinary to the King and to his Majesty's household, and senior surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

  • Earle, James, Sir, 1755-1817.
Date:
1799
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Credit: An essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body / by James Earle, Esq. F.R.S. surgeon extraordinary to the King and to his Majesty's household, and senior surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I mud confefs that I had been long dif- fatisfied with all thefe methods of treatment, as they feemed of very little efficacy, for not- withstanding their application, I had too of- ten witneffed that the pain was very little abated, that blifters- arofe, and Houghs took place in no very inferiour degree to what might have been expected if no means had been employed ; thefe obfervations often led me to wi-fh for a better method than the ufual practice feemed to offer ; when, fome years fmce, I was fent for to a medical gentleman, who being near a bottle of fpirits of wine, which had been imprudently heated to a great degree, \>y fome accident it took fire, the bottle burft and its contents flew over his hands, face, and upper part of his neck, all of which were miferably burnt. At a confultation on this unfortunate cafe, the ufual modes of treating burns were difcufTed, and