Excerpt from The Health Bulletin, 1960, Vol. 75

He pointed out that antibiotics have little value in the local care of the burned wound, however, the general use of them to prevent overwhelming systemic infection is of great value. One of the most frequent causes of death in serious burns is from a late developing general infection.

The use of cortisone and cortico tropin has been discontinued almost entirely, he said, since they have been proved to be of no use in speeding healing.

The best method of cleaning the burned area, if this is necessary, is still by washing with surgical soap and sterile water or a salt solution. The best way to remove foreign material and dead skin is still achieved by time or the surgeon's scalpel, he said.

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