cure may be
safely left to nature.

The moment a person is called to a case of scald or burn, he should
cover the part with a sheet, or a portion of a sheet, of wadding,
taking care not to break any blister that may have formed, or stay to
remove any burnt clothes that may adhere to the surface, but as
quickly as possible envelope every part of the injury from all access
of the air, laying one or two more pieces of wadding on the first, so
as effectually to guard the burn or scald from the irritation of the
atmosphere; and if the article used is wool or cotton, the same
precaution, of adding more material where the surface is thinly
covered, must be adopted; a light bandage finally securing all in
their places.

Any of the popular remedies recommended below may be employed when
neither wool, cotton, nor wadding are to be procured, it being always
remembered that that article which will best exclude the air from a
burn or scald is the best, quickest, and least painful mode of
treatment. And in this respect nothing has surpassed cotton loose or
attached to paper as in wadding.

1318. If the Skin is much Injured.

If the skin is much injured in burns, spread some linen pretty thickly
with chalk ointment, and lay over the part, and give the patient some
brandy and water if much exhausted; then send for a medical man. If
not much injured, and very painful, use the same ointment, or apply
carded cotton dipped in lime water and linseed oil. If you please, you
may lay cloths dipped in ether over the parts, or cold lotions. Treat
scalds in the same manner, or cover with scraped raw potato; but the
chalk ointment is the best. In the absence of all these, cover the
injured part with treacle, and dust over it plenty of flour.

1319. Body in Flames.

Lay the person down on the floor of the room, and throw the
tablecloth, rug, or other large cloth over him, and roll him on the
floor.

1320. Dirt in the Eye.

Place your forefinger upon the cheek-bone, having the patient before
you; then slightly bend the finger, this will draw down the lower lid
of the eye, and you will probably be able to remove the dirt; but if
this will not enable you to get at it, repeat this operation while you
have a netting-needle or bodkin placed over the eyelid; this will turn
it inside out, and enable you to remove the sand, or eyelash, &c.,
with the corner of a fine