COLD WATER FOR BURNS.
Sir, —I heartily agree with 9. L. P.. Rimmer's views on cold-water cure for buri)3 and think it is a great pity that so many, especially little children, an; allowed to suffer untold agony for hours because their elders still have the idea that cold water is harmful. While quite a small child running bare-footed to school, as country children mostly do, I had the misfortune to tread ankle-deep in a hole of burning ashes which surrounded a huge rata stump on fire in tho school ground. In fearful agony I ran to the school tap and obtained immediate relief by holding the affected part under the cold water for half an hour or longer. Any scars would gladly have been borne for the grateful relief obtained from mankind's greatest friend —the coldwater tap. However, instead of the fearful harm caused (as my teacher and everyone predicted) my foot completely healed within three weeks, leaving not the slightest trace of the burns. I am writing this hoping- my experience may prove beneficial to others. Sympathetic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20604, 1 July 1930, Page 14
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