Nourishment for the first three days should be liquid, on account of the intense congestion of the alimentary tract Food is gradually increased according to conditions. There should be the usual care of the bowels, skin and kidneys, but in our zeal over the local treatment, we should not forget that we have to care for a patient whose blood is loaded with toxins, and whose lungs, stomach, kidneys, and other organs are congested and filled with emboli. At first, dress the burns daily, gently wiping away the discharge of serum and broken down cells, which is poisonous and irritating, with dry gauze or cotton. Blisters are opened and pieces of loose skin removed with sterile scissors or forceps, but all skin is left in place as long as possible to protect the underlying, new forming skin. Every dressing should be made with a septic care: clean hands, clean gauze and clean instruments. As soon as the slough begins to form, if there is much odor, it is well to apply a continuous wet dressing (see later reference). In case of a burn caused by carbolic acid, the skin is neutralized by the use of absolute alcohol (95 per cent.). In burns from trichloracetic acid, use alkaline remedies as sat. sol. of sodium bicarbonate. Burns from caustic alkalies are neutralized by vinegar or by some other mild acid such as boric acid. A so-called X-ray burn is not a burn at all; the observable results of such an accident are not manifested until several days or even several weeks after the application of the rays, at which period an inflammatory or a gangrenous process arises, which begins within the deeper tissues and subsequently involves the surface. These burns are often accompanied by loss of hair or of nails in the damaged area; they frequently remain unhealed for months; if they heal at all, they are very painful, and are not improved by the treatment which relieves ordinary burns. In some cases the consequences are very serious. Ambrine is a newly proposed remedy.