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Remedy One

Common wadding will take the pain from burns or scalds. Simply open a piece of cotton and put on the burned place. If the burn is very bad, put sweet oil on the cotton, pouring it on the outside. Do not attempt to remove the cotton until it comes off itself. Castor oil is very cooling to use in place of sweet oil.

Remedy Two

A simple covering of common wheat flour is unequaled for a burn. The moisture produced upon the surface of a burn is at once absorbed by the flour and forms a paste which shuts out the air, and at the same time keeps the covering moist and flexible. If the burn is very bad and the covering becomes dry, it should be washed off carefully, a little at a time, and fresh flour used.

Remedy Three

Scraped potatoes are also a very cooling application. Change frequently.

Remedy Four

Molasses will give immediate relief. Saturate cotton batting or cloth with it and bind on.

Remedy Five

Sprinkle the burned surface thickly with baking-soda, or make a saturated solution of the soda; wring cloths from it and apply, changing as they become dry. When the pain is relieved remove, and use an absorbent dressing if the burn is a very deep one.

Remedy Six

A deep burn should have the following dressing: Spread gauze thickly with an ointment. Cover the gauze with cotton; absorbent cotton is best. Any of the ointments given below are very satisfactory, the Balm of Gilead salve being unsurpassed:

Carron Oil: 1 pound of lime will make a quart of lime water. Pour off the lime water, add the oil, and beat to a cream.

Linseed oil can be used with an equally good effect. Wring cloths out of this and apply, covering with oiled silk or paper.

Balm of Gilead ointment, though, is unsurpassed as a cooling and healing application. Apply in the same way as Carron oil.

Remedy Seven

White Of Eggs can be applied to burns as a cooling covering; this keeps out the air and prevents pain and inflammation.

Remedy Eight

Large Surface Burns are frequently treated with sweet oil and lime water, equal parts of each. Mix and keep on hand for use.