Moisture Is Used For Burns
Discoverer of Sugar-Rod “Darning FIggs" for Tom
Blood Vessels. Dr. Sidney Smith, Jr., Reveals
New Treatment For Burns
CHICAGO—Dr. Sidney Smith. Jr., scientific p '•
winner as an undergraduate for his discovery of su w
rod “darning eggs” for sewing torn blood vessels. .
revealed .a new treatment - f'nous burns. In a th*
for a master’s degree, the Ru h Medical College ■ r 1
uate recommended a warm, moist air treatment—“air
ointment' —instead of the common chemicals now u-t
for serious burns.
Smith has been engaged in research at the Univ- >
sity of Chicago for the past two years. Two years a
as a junior, he won the Harry Ginsburg Memorial p.’
for invent ng the sugar-rod “darning egg.” He sob
the knotty problem of sewing the delicate tissue of .
jured blood vessels by the use of sugar rods to i. •
the tiny tubes firm during the operation. The r
inserted into the torn ends of the blood vessel b be
patched, di :olve in bo hood stream after the se
edges of the tube arc itched.
Says 1 csscns Infection
Smth's new theory for the treatment of burns row
ed from his recent experiments with rats in which
discovered that warm moist air proved superior to >
plications of tannic acid and butesin pierate ointment
Neither tannic acid nor butesin pierate ointment po
ssess specific accelerative healing action on the haws
of experiments, Smith reported. It seems their mo
function is to provide an insoluble coagulant over :i 1
wound, he added.
“Infection under the coagulant produced by tan.,
acid has been reported many times and constitutes 1 r
chief objection to its two as a medicine,” Smith assert.h
Alkalinity Delays Healing
Four weeks of experiments with rats showed th. t
70 to 82 percent of the animals given the “air ointment"
were healed compared to G3 percent given the butes'r.
pierate and only 48 percent given the tannic acid. Com
bination of the "air ointment" with either of other
agents did not improve the rate of healing.
Smith tested his new method by enclosing the burn
ed surface in a humidity chamber which was kept at
90 degrees Fahrenheit. He found that debris of the
wound softened and sloughed off within five days, ac
celerating the healing action.
Alkalinity of tissue is regarded as important in pro
moting infection, and dryness brings about alkalinity.
Smith pointed out. He explained that by preventing
dryness, his moist air treatment avoids the “chief factor
delaying wound healing.”
Altitude Of Kramv
Since Pierre Laval, ardent advocate of collabora
tion with Germany, has gained power in France and
reports have been persistent that he will turn the
French fleet over to Hitler, may render tremendous
service to Adolf Hitler.
It is not probable that Laval will immediately at
tempt to deliver the warships en masse to the Nazis.
His work will be done with a finer hand. Collaboration
will proceed slowly and cautiously. It may include an
attempt to reconquer colonies under the rule of the
Free French and the regimentation of French mechan
ics for service in German war industries. Gradually,
fleet units will pass into German hands.
Laval, it should be remembered, became Vice- Pre
mier and “heir-apparent” to Marshal Petain after the
armistice at Compeigne. He was anti-British, anti
Semetic and anti-Republican. In less than six months
he clashed with the hero of Verdun & was ousted from
office. Subsequently, Admiral Darlin. anti-British sea
man, became “heir-apparent” and some progress was
made in economic collaboration. This culminated, ap
parently, in the retirement of General Wevgand as pro
consul of North Africa in the fall of 1941 and the sub
sequent shipment of supplies through French Tunisia
to help General Rommel in Libya. Weygand in today's
dispatches urges Laval to resist the Italian demand
that Nice, Corsica and Tunisia be given to Mussolini.
Every American should realize that the position of
France is desperate. Split apart by the conquerers. the
nation has been drained of resources by the 400,000,
000-franc-a-day indemnity and- appalled by nearly j
2,000,000 Frenchmen held as prisoners of war in the
Reich. Recognizing the dilemma and degradation ol
France, one finds it difficult to understand the process j
of reasoning that leads any loyal Frenchman to ex
pect to restore French honor and prestige through an j
alliance with Hitler.
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