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Letter to Editor
December 17, 1812
Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Francis S. Taylor recounts using carded cotton to successfully treat a young lady's scald burns from boiling water, noting rapid relief and recovery, and urges publication to promote this remedy based on prior certificates.
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FROM THE NORFOLK LEDGER.
Mr. Editor,
I was visiting one of my neighbors a few days past, and whilst there, I understood, from the cries which I heard in an adjoining room, that some distressing accident had happened. I immediately entered the room, and found that a young lady in the family had accidentally upset a tea kettle of boiling water, and had scalded both her feet and ancles.
Having noticed some time ago, in your paper, the certificates of sundry persons, that Carded Cotton, applied to burns, would have a good effect, it occurred to me that this would be a good opportunity to try its efficacy. I requested that some cotton should be brought and immediately applied in large rolls to the feet and ancles. This was done & the young lady, who suffered excessively for about four hours, was gradually relieved from the smart and pain, and was able to walk about the house, with the bandages on, before night.—The next morning when I visited there, she had on her stockings and shoes, and she assured me she felt no other inconvenience from the accident, than that it made her feet tender.
You are at liberty to publish this, if you think it will add any weight to the certificates already given of a discovery which cannot be too extensively known.
Yours. &c.
FRANCIS S. TAYLOR.
Norfolk, Nov.24, 1812.
Mr. Editor,
I was visiting one of my neighbors a few days past, and whilst there, I understood, from the cries which I heard in an adjoining room, that some distressing accident had happened. I immediately entered the room, and found that a young lady in the family had accidentally upset a tea kettle of boiling water, and had scalded both her feet and ancles.
Having noticed some time ago, in your paper, the certificates of sundry persons, that Carded Cotton, applied to burns, would have a good effect, it occurred to me that this would be a good opportunity to try its efficacy. I requested that some cotton should be brought and immediately applied in large rolls to the feet and ancles. This was done & the young lady, who suffered excessively for about four hours, was gradually relieved from the smart and pain, and was able to walk about the house, with the bandages on, before night.—The next morning when I visited there, she had on her stockings and shoes, and she assured me she felt no other inconvenience from the accident, than that it made her feet tender.
You are at liberty to publish this, if you think it will add any weight to the certificates already given of a discovery which cannot be too extensively known.
Yours. &c.
FRANCIS S. TAYLOR.
Norfolk, Nov.24, 1812.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
What keywords are associated?
Carded Cotton
Burn Remedy
Scalding Accident
Home Treatment
Norfolk 1812
What entities or persons were involved?
Francis S. Taylor.
Mr. Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Francis S. Taylor.
Recipient
Mr. Editor
Main Argument
carded cotton applied to burns provides rapid relief and recovery, as demonstrated in treating a young lady's scalded feet and ankles.
Notable Details
References Prior Certificates In The Paper About Carded Cotton For Burns
Patient Walked With Bandages Before Night And Wore Stockings The Next Day