§ 21. Mr. Emry s Hughesasked the Minister of Health what advice he is giving to civil defence organisations for dealing with flash burns resulting from atomic bomb explosions.
§ Mr. BevanOpportunity has been taken in lectures to doctors to deal with the treatment of flash burn, and advice is being included in a first-aid handbook now in preparation.
§ Mr. HughesIs the Minister aware of the suggestion made by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for the Scottish Universities (Sir J. Anderson) that brown paper is a form of protection against these burns, and is he passing this advice on to the local authorities?
§ Mr. BevanI am not able to offer any effective comment on the technical value of the advice given.