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Treatment of Recent Burns
5519. Remedy for Scalded Mouth.
When recently inflicted, nothing tends more In cases of scalding the mouth with hot lidecidedly to soothe or deaden the suffering quids, gargle with a solution of borax, and than cold water; the burnt part should, then hold in the mouth a mucilage of slippery therefore, be immediately placed in cold water, or thin cloths dipped in cold water should be applied and frequently renewed over the injured surface. After the lapse of a short time, when the cold fails to relieve, rags dipped in carron oil (see No. 5513) are to be substituted for the water, care being taken to keep the rags moist with the oily mixture until the burn heals; this is the main point in the treatment; the rag or linen must not be removed or changed. The carron oil may be applied from the first if it is at hand; but, cold water being nearly always to be had, will be found very grateful until assistance elm, swallowing it slowly, if the throat also has been scalded; the slippery elm bark may be mixed with olive oil. Some recommend soap liniment, but the latter must not be swallowed.