Burns may proceed from fire, as well as a fluid body; which latter may be either heated, or consist of corrosive mineral acid, such as aqua fortis, oil of vitriol, etc. In this place, we shall treat only of burns occasioned by fire, and refer the reader for an account of other accidents of this nature, to the head of "'Scalds."

In slight cases, the burnt part may be held for a minute near the fire; or, if it be a finger, the pain and inflammation will be abated by bringing it in contact with the ear; which, in this instance, acts like a conductor. Ink, the juice of onions, or a little brandy, or even salt nibbed on the part affect-ed. all tend to prevent blisters ; but if these, hevertheless, should rise, open them with a lancet, or a fine pair of scissars, without cutting away the scarf-skin, 1ft out the collected humour, and then apply a mixture of oil and lime-witer, beat up with a new-laid egg, spread upon soft linen rags, and renewed every hour, or oftener.

One of the most simple remedies in recent burns, and which is in great vogue on the Continent, consists in the expressed juice of the burdock, or clot-burr; the fresh and tender leaves or" which possess healing virtues, and are therefore applied not only to burns, but also to wounds, ulcers, etc. There is a kind of green ointment kept in families for occasional use: it is composed of equal parts of the juice obtained front the middle leaves of the burdock, and oil of almonds, or olives, in the purest This composition is said to be of singular efficacy, also, in healing ulcers, allaying pain arising from piles, removing tetters, and suppurating pustules of the face, if assisted by internal remedies, adapted to particular cases.