Burn Treatment
From On habits and manners, 1888
For superficial burns, isinglass plaster is recommended.
Presented as published in 1888. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from On habits and manners (1888) by M. F. Armstrong, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
a teaspoonful of soda in half a pint of water, which will be almost a teacupful, wet a ON HABITS AND MANNERS. 159 soft cloth in it and put it directly on the burn. Do not re- move the cloth, hut when it is dry wet it by pouring a little of the solution directly upon it. Or, take equal parts of lime water and sweet oil, mix well, and apply to the burn as directed for the soda ; or, if the burn is superficial, so that the skin is not entirely taken off, cover it at once with a piece of isinglass plaster
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Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.