SLIGHT BURNS.
It M/metirries happens that one of the pretty candles that are so popular just now falls down and sets light to some other piece of decoration. , Nasty burns may result from this sort ff accident because, of course, the flames must he put out at once. To add to your difficulties, the chemist s shop is sure to be closed and you may be a loss to know what to do. In most store cupboards there is plenty ©f baking powder. Dissolve a dessertspoonful of this in a pint of warm water, "oak a clean rag or handkerchief in the solution and apply it 1o the injured part. Remember that a burn should bo dressed as soon as possible. Boracic ointment is a much better application, spread with a knife on strips of
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)
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135SLIGHT BURNS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)
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