Extensive burns are always serious even if but superficial. The severe pain is exhausting; the internal organs are liable to become affected, and the healing stage is long and debilitating. It is important that some relieving application be made as soon as possible to a burned or scalded part, and for a short time at least domestic remedies must be relied upon. Among them a solution of common baking-soda is most effectual in relieving the acute pain; when the burn is only superficial or not severe it will remove it entirely in a very short time. It has the advantage of cleanliness, is always at hand, and if applied at once it will in a great measure prevent blistering, and the destructive changes in the skin. All that is necessary is to cover the injured parts with a thin cotton or linen cloth, and keep it constantly wetted with the soda lotion to prevent its drying. The relief felt from this application is immediate, and in many cases the acute pain subsides in less than half an hour. This solution may be persisted in for two or three days, and then the oxide of zinc ointment can be substituted.

If the injury is a severe one, and large blisters are formed, it will be well to use the soda until "carron oil" can be prepared; this is a liniment of equal parts of linseed oil and lime water; a very offensive preparation but highly effective. When obtained, the blisters should be pricked with a needle, and the whole part covered with a linen cloth soaked in the oil; then wrapped in soft cotton wool, to preserve the injured skin from the air, from cold, and to smother the bad odor. After the second day this covering may be removed, poultices of bread and water applied, and persisted in until suppuration is established; after which the oxide of zinc ointment may be employed until a cure is completed. The strength of the injured animal must always be sustained by nutrltious diet, and if need be stimulants.

If the burn is deep and much of the epithelial tissue and the hair-follicles destroyed, permanent disfigurement will result.