PEDIATRICS Vol. 46 No. 4 October 1970, pp. 636
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THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS

Excerpt IV: Burns

Thomas E. Cone Jr. M.D.

Scalding liquids continue to cause over half of the burns in childhood.1 Harper2 (1963) points out that scalding burns most commonly are caused by a child pulling a coffee or tea pot on himself, usually from a stove, less often from a table.

Figure 1 from a children's book on accident prevention (1830)3 could well be used to document the above statement. Once again one is reminded that "there is no new thing under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9)