Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Ever since humans discovered fire, they've been burned. Ancient societies concocted a plethora of weird and wonderful approaches to burn treatment, from applying milk and honey to wounds to smearing them with feces—yes, feces. At one point hundreds of years ago, doctors even believed treating burns with more fire was the way to go. Over the last century, spurred by events like World War II and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston, huge leaps have been made in the treatment of burns. Today, burn care requires a complex, multi-faceted approach spanning multiple fields of medicine.
LINKS
Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors: phoenix-society.org
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Ever since humans discovered fire, they've been burned. Ancient societies concocted a plethora of weird and wonderful approaches to burn treatment, from applying milk and honey to wounds to smearing them with feces—yes, feces. At one point hundreds of years ago, doctors even believed treating burns with more fire was the way to go. Over the last century, spurred by events like World War II and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston, huge leaps have been made in the treatment of burns. Today, burn care requires a complex, multi-faceted approach spanning multiple fields of medicine.
LINKS
Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors: phoenix-society.org
Disclaimer: This video was created for educational/informational purposes using content under a Creative Commons license and/or fair use principles. If you are the creator or own the footage featured in this video and have questions or reservations, please notify me via averzoni@nfpa.org
©2022 National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®). All rights reserved.
