When the blisters are open, dress them with a simple white ointment
spread thinly on the smooth side of lint, the first day, and every
day after sprinkle a little powder of prepared chalk, and dress it as
before. To alleviate the immediate pain, apply any quick evaporating
fluid, as æther, spirits of wine, or brandy; or better than all, if
at hand, spirits of turpentine, or rags dipped in vinegar and water,
and often renewed.
_Another._
Rub the part burnt every two or three hours with spirits of
turpentine, or with vinegar if the skin be not broken, or vinegar
and cold water. Half a pound of alum dissolved in a quart of water,
likewise makes an admirable wash for a burn or scald; bathe the part
with a linen rag dipped in the mixture, then bind the rag upon it
with a slip of linen, and keep it moist with the alum water for two
or three days, without removing the bandage.