PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 3 September 1971, pp. 482
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Excerpt XV: Troubling the Cook

Thomas E. Cone Jr. M.D.

Scalding liquids still cause over half of the burns in childhood.1 Although cooks have almost disappeared from our homes, the lesson below–first published in 1830–still contains timely advice for today's children.2 One wonders what treatment was given to the boy who sat down in a kettle of boiling water and whose life was saved with difficulty.