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...fast as one coat of dye dries, another is applied, until the patient looks as though he were covered with a light, flexible coat of purple leather. Then he is kept at a temperature of around 85° F. The dye protects the raw flesh, and kills all bacteria...
...burns for hundreds of years, tannic acid may do more harm than good. For: 1) it forms a thick, hard crust, under which germs flourish; 2) it kills delicate new skin cells. The British are now turning away from tannic acid, to other methods-among them, the triple dye treatment of Dr. Aldrich...
When a patient recovers from shock, Dr. Aldrich treats him for the next hazard -death from streptococcic infection. Loose bits of skin are trimmed away, but he is not scrubbed. A surgeon sprays a mixed solution of three aniline dyes-crystal violet, brilliant green, and brownish neutral acriflavine directly on to his burned skin. As soon as the dye covers his exposed nerve ends, all pain stops...
...some bacteria do start growing, they are easily seen, for the infected spot becomes moist and soft. It is cut away, and a new coat of dye is sprayed on. The treatment is far more painstaking than the tannic-acid method. But aniline-dyed patients seldom die of infections, even if two-thirds of their skin is burned away...
...Government attached
funds of the giant I. G. Farbenindustrie, German dye trust. Indicted
last winter with several U.S. companies for violating the antitrust
laws in the magnesium industry, officials refused to appear, contending
they were not doing business as a U.S. corporation. The Attorney
General claimed that the seizure (timed with expected receipt of
$250,000 due I. G. Farbenindustrie that same day for license fees from
U.S. firms) would compel the dye trust to appear before a U.S. court if it
wanted to protest, w