On the Use of Picric Acid as a Primary Dressing for Burns

DRESSING FOR BURNS By Alexander Miles, M.D., F.R.C.S. Ed., Surgeon to Leith Hospital It will, I think, readily be admitted that the methods hitherto at our disposal for the immediate treatment of severe and extensive burns are far from satisfactory. In such cases the amount of damage to tissue varies at different parts of the injured area, and varies irregularly, so that usually we have in any given patient several " degrees" of burning to deal with. The treatment suitable for the more superficial degrees is less appropriate for parts which have been burned to a greater depth, and as the precise degree of a recent burn is at first sight almost impossible to determine, it is obviously difficult to select the appropriate dressing with certainty. The selection of a first dressing for a recent extensive burn