Abstract
E. M., a girl, aged 18, a shoe worker, was brought to us, July 10, with multiple second degree burns on her face, neck and breasts. The patient stated that her work was the numbering and lettering of pieces of leather used in the manufacture of shoes. In opening a bottle of the marking ink, she splashed a liberal quantity over her body. Water and a common alkali soap were used in an attempt to remove the ink stains. When seen by us, the patient, in addition to extensive burns over the major portion of her face, neck and chest, was depressed, weak and suffering from a headache, and presented an increased heart rate with a feeble pulse. Her condition of collapse was out of proportion to the extent of external injury. An odor of phenol (carbolic acid) was present on the patient's clothing, and it was established that this
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