CURE FOR BURNS
DISCOVERY OF LONDON DOCTOR. London, April 10. The authorities of British hospitals arc enthusiastic about the treatment of burns with tannic acid. The consensus of opinion is that has not only revolutionised practice, but that it has greatly reduced the death-rate, says the Times. Most deaths after burning are caused by shock, due to absorption through the skin of decomposition products, which the injury produces. Tannic acid prevents this absorption, and also produces a protective coating, which drops off when the burn has healed. “It appears that there is no doubt,” the article says, “that this treatment, which is painless, safe and simple, has robbed cases of severe burning of half their danger.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVII, Issue 10052, 18 April 1929, Page 4
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