Quackery and Superstitions: The Skin Doctor’s Bane
- Author:
Priyanka Date
1
;
Sumit Kar
1
;
Safa Patrik
1
;
Ajinkya Sawant
1
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram, Wardha, Maharashtra.
- Publication Type:Other Types
- Keywords:
Quackery;
camphor;
innocence
- From:Malaysian Journal of Dermatology
2020;44(1):69-71
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Camphor, a waxy white sublimable chemical, widely used worldwide by various communities for
many religious purposes. Here we report a clinical image of self-inflicted injury from burning camphor
on the palm resulting in burns. It also highlights the sociocultural pattern of this injury and need of
psychopathic and therapeutic help of the patients.
- Full text:Clinical Image_pg69.pdf
