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SEVERE BURNS FROM INFLAMMABLE COWBOY PANTS

1946; American Medical Association; Volume: 130; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1946.02870140027008a

2376-8118

W. Emory Burnett,

Health and Conflict Studies

During the period from August 1944 to March 1945 3 patients with third degree burns involving most of both lower extremities were admitted to Temple University Hospital. These occurred in boys aged 10, 8 and 6½ years respectively and were remarkably similar in distribution, severity and history. All of these children had been wearing cowboy pants covered with a shaggy material and bearing the trade name Gene Autry. In all 3 cases apparently trivial exposure to fire caused immediate and complete ignition of the pants. The first patient was playing at a bonfire and an ignited stick, which had been thrown into the air, struck the side of his pants in descent. This was followed by what was described as a sudden bursting into flame of all the shaggy material on the clothing. The second patient ran by a small collection of what was described as smoldering leaves, with immediate