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Looking for Burn Victims or Survivors in Medieval Europe
Patricia Skinner 
Trauma in Medieval Society, Pages: 93 - 104
Swansea University Author:
Patricia Skinner
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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/9789004363786_006
Abstract
This chapter explores the neglected area of burns injuries in medieval Europe, considering contexts, sources and evidence of cures. It suggests that burns were so ubiquitous in medieval life that only deaths by fire/scalding or exceptional cases were recorded.
| Published in: | Trauma in Medieval Society |
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| ISBN: | 9789004363786 |
| Published: |
Leiden
Brill
2018
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https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004363786/B9789004363786_006.xml |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43537 |
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| Abstract: |
This chapter explores the neglected area of burns injuries in medieval Europe, considering contexts, sources and evidence of cures. It suggests that burns were so ubiquitous in medieval life that only deaths by fire/scalding or exceptional cases were recorded. |
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| Keywords: |
medieval; burns; trauma; scalding; medicine |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
93 |
| End Page: |
104 |