'Therapeutic' burns (Maqua)

A. M. Baruchin

doi:10.1016/0305-4179(84)90138-4

'Therapeutic' burns (Maqua)

A. M. Baruchin

Barzilai University Medical Center

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Abstract

Cauterization of the skin by a red-hot iron, a pinch of hot cinder or a burning coal, is a form of 'treatment' used by lay healers in some parts of Africa and the Middle East. The burns are limited to small circular areas, and are usually full-thickness skin loss. Most frequently, the patients do not seek medical treatment and the burns heal by secondary intention. Sometimes, however, disastrous complications such as infectious osteomyelitis, septicaemia and death may occur.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	140-142
Number of pages	3
Journal	Burns
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-4179(84)90138-4
State	Published - 1 Jan 1984

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Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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