Effect of Cortisone on the Healing of Localized Burns in the Hamster Cheek Pouch

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Abstract
THE corticosteroids have been used in the therapy of burns with controversial results. Recent articles appearing in the literature have not clearly established the validity of this therapy. Some writers report a delay in healing of the skin, with no significant changes in the expected prognosis of burn cases.1 , 2 Others attribute to steroid treatment a phenomenal improvement after extensive burns, particularly those involving 30 to 60 per cent of the total body area.3 , 4 More critical reviews of this type of treatment express a conservative attitude.5 Because of this disparity in findings a new method was applied to the problem, consisting . . .