Word: burnes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enemies." Said Calley: "I believe somebody asked if that meant women and children. He said that meant everything." Not only was My Lai in a "free fire zone"-meaning that anything and anyone could be fired upon-but the operation had "political clearance," which, Calley said, meant permission to "burn and destroy everything in the area...
...Better wound coverings have also improved burn victims' prospects by preventing excessive loss of essential fluids, which lowers resistance. Doctors, who routinely take skin from animals and cadavers to cover serious burns, are now using the victim's own skin. Physicians at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio use skin patches taken from unburned areas of the patient's body. Stretched so that they cover as much as nine times their original area, the dressings help prevent the formation of scar tissue and hasten the growth of new skin...
...Some of the worst aftereffects of burns-scars and crippling skin contracture-have been minimized or eliminated by techniques now in use at the Burns Institute of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Galveston, Texas. There, doctors have found that prompt application of lightweight plastic casts keeps burned flesh from contracting as it heals; pressure bandages kept in place 24 hours a day control the buildup of scar tissue and prevent the formation of disfiguring welts. As a result, burn patients who might once have had to undergo a long series of corrective and cosmetic operations can now avoid...
Despite such advances, doctors continue to stress that prompt first aid-before the victim reaches the hospital-can reduce both the scope and the seriousness of many burns. The best treatment, they agree, is to cool the burn immediately. Prompt immersion in cold water, says Dr. John Moncrief of the University of South Carolina, has the same effect on a burn as on a lighted match: it "puts out the fire." Equally important, the burn is prevented from spreading, thus minimizing both the damage and the discomfort, maximizing the prospects for recovery...
...became a household word, she encouraged them to nourish a pantheistic sense that the earth is a "beautiful, fragile place." As a very little boy James was greatly affected by the Bible Belt religion he heard at school. Mrs. Taylor remembers how he needed reassurance that he would not burn in hell for his sins...