Word: petrolatum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Heat burns (as distinct from chemical burns) should not be covered with petrolatum or other ointment dressing: just sterile gauze, applied dry, with a bandage to hold it in place...
...first tried local anesthesia, but found it was not enough. Now he puts his patients into the hospital, gives them a general anesthetic, and sandpapers the whole face (using No. 1½ or No. 2 grades of sandpaper) in a single operation. Bleeding is controlled by pressure. Then petrolatum gauze and a pressure dressing are applied. After ten days the wrappings come off, and the patient's face is usually healed. Local touching up may be done a few months later...