It may not be generally known that there is nothing more soothing for
either a burn or a scald than the white of an egg. It is contact with
the air which makes a burn so painful, and the egg acts as a varnish,
and excludes the air completely, and also prevents inflammation. An egg
beaten up lightly, with or without a little sugar, is a good remedy in
cases of dysentery and diarrhea; it tends by its emollient qualities to
lessen the inflammation, and by forming a transient coating for the
stomach and intestines gives those organs a chance to rest until nature
shall have assumed her healthful sway over the diseased body. Two, or at
the most three, eggs a day would be all that would be required in
ordinary cases, and since the egg is not only medicine but food, the
lighter the diet otherwise and the quieter the patient is kept the more
rapid will be the recovery.