Branded students 'scarred for life'.Summary: Students at Exeter University have been left with permanent scars after branding themselves with heated coat hangers hangers used for hanging x-ray films to dry. There is a clip type, with a clip at each corner, and a channel type in which the film sits in channels in the sides of the frame. . Fifteen students at Exeter University have been left with permanent scars after branding themselves with heated coat hangers. The "group challenge" at a house party saw each student brand themselves with the initial of the hall they lived in last year. Participants held a reshaped metal coat hanger to heat on a hot stove stove, device used for heating or for cooking food. The stove was long regarded as a cooking device supplementary to the fireplace, near which it stood; its stovepipe led into the fireplace chimney. It was not until about the middle of the 19th cent. for 30 seconds. Individually, they then took turns to have the burning metal pressed against their chests for ten seconds. After visiting hospital, at least three of the branded were given antibiotics Antibiotics Definition Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. to fight infection. A burns specialist also warned they will have permanent scarring scar 1 n. 1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed. 2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: . One of the branded men, who asked not to be named, told student newspaper Exepose: "We are a tight group, all very close friends. It wasn't a spontaneous spontaneous /spon·ta·ne·ous/ (spon-ta´ne-us) 1. voluntary; instinctive. 2. occurring without external influence. spontaneous having no apparent external cause. thing, we had talked about it before." He added that the whole episode was viewed as a "group challenge" and that within the group of friends there is "a bit of a daredevil culture." A spokeswoman for Exeter University said it would not be investigating the matter. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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