An idiosyncratic history of burn scars.

This article selects from among a myriad of examples of modern military treatments as they relate to those survivors. Larrey, with Napolean's Grand Army, Sir Harold Gilles during and following World War I, and the Boston area preparation and response to the Cocoanut Grove Fire in 1942 are the principle topics examined. Recent modern interventions, related to the survival of horrific blast and burn injuries, with modern wound care and scar manipulation techniques provide context to the current ability to modify healing and scars.
PMID: 25922950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery - May 2, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: Semin Cutan Med Surg Source Type: research