COST-2606EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Surgical Stainless Steel, Blow Torch, Infant Mortality
13 Mar 2018
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Inflict third degree burn: can simply be heating a nail with a blowtorch and poking the skin, ex. ) Began to branding cattle: people would brand slaves, 1) to show who they were enslaved by in case they ever ran away, 2) insult, ex. ) Branded pirates on the wrist with the first letter of the thing they were believed to be: e(cid:454). ) If (cid:455)ou left (cid:271)attle (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ere tied to a post a(cid:374)d (cid:271)ra(cid:374)ded (cid:449)ith a letter (cid:858)c(cid:859) o(cid:374) the cheek (for coward: e(cid:454). ) People (cid:449)ere (cid:271)ra(cid:374)ded (cid:449)ith a(cid:374) (cid:858)a(cid:859) for adulterer. Many cultures will purposefully make wounds infected to promote scaring or wait until wound is half healed and pick off the scab. Could know where someone is from based on their scars. Done as a way of showing allegiance to a group. Scarification not accepted in the west: like clear unblemished skin. Implants: related to cutting, western culture, has to (cid:271)e (cid:373)aterial (cid:455)our (cid:271)od(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t reje(cid:272)t.
