It is nature, and not the surgeon, that really cures the wound, and it is done, like all Nature's works, principally in secret, by degrees, and by patience, and resents much interference. The seldom-dressing of a wound and patience are, then, two of the best remedies for effecting a cure. Shakspeare, who seemed to know surgery, as he did almost everything else beside was quite cognisant of the fact:-- "How poor are they, that have not patience What wound did ever heal, but by degrees" The burn or the scald may, after the first two days, if severe, require different dressings; but, if it be severe, the child ought of course to be immediately placed under the care of a surgeon. If the scald be either on the leg or on the foot, a common practice is to take the shoe and the stocking off; in this operation the skin is also at the same time very apt to be removed. Now, both the shoe and the stocking ought to be slit up, and thus be taken off, so that neither unnecessary pain nor mischief may be caused. 293. _If a bit of quick-lime should accidentally enter the eye of my child, what ought to be done_? Instantly, but tenderly remove, either by means of a camel's hair brush, or by a small spill of paper, any bit of lime that may adhere to the ball of the eye, or that may be within the eye or on the eye-lashes; then well bathe the eye (allowing a portion to enter it) with vinegar and water-one part of vinegar to three parts of water, that is to say, a quarter fill a clean half-pint medicine bottle with vinegar, and then fill it up with spring water, and it will be ready for use. Let the eye be bathed for at least a quarter of an hour with, it The vinegar will neutralise the lime, and will rob it of its burning properties. Having bathed the eye with vinegar and water for a quarter of an hour, bathe it for another quarter of an hour simply with a little warm water, after which, drop into the eye two or three drops of the best sweet-oil, put on an eye-shade made of three thicknesses of linen rag, covered with green silk, and then do nothing more until the doctor arrive. If the above rules be not _promptly_ and _properly_ followed out, the child may irreparably lose his eyesight; hence the necessity of conversations of this kind, to tell a mother, provided _immediate_ assistance cannot be obtained, what ought _instantly_ to be done; for moments, in such a case, are precious. While doing all that I have just recommended, let a surgeon be sent for, as a smart attack of inflammation, of the eye is very apt to follow the burn of lime; but which inflammation will, provided the _previous_ directions have been _promptly_ and _efficiently_ followed out, with appropriate treatment, soon subside.