Abstract
SIR,-Dr Robin Illingworth continued a discussion of the treatment of intact blisters (25 April, p 1400). The simplest effective treatment is neither to deroof nor to once, but to leave the drain in. Do this by entering the blister with a threaded sewing needle at one side and leaving it at the opposite side, thus laying the cotton through the blister. Cut off the needle and knot the free ends so that the cotton cannot come out. Then you can walk on the blister, which dries out quickly and hardens. Cut away the external part of the after a few days if you like, but the buried part will wear through only weeks later. Sometimes I have set out with autoclaved packets of threaded needles, but untreated skin and unsterile needle and cotton have never given trouble.
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