Folk Remedies vs Child Battering
Abstract
Abstract Sir.—Yeatman et al1 defined the Vietnamese folk practice of c[unk]o gío as pseudobattering. Inflicted trauma is classically defined as any injury caused by other than accidental means. The battered child syndrome is often defined as repeated inflicted trauma, but a single incident of such trauma may be the first of a series of abuses if intervention is not obtained. Either single or repeated applications of vigorous rubbing or mentholated compounds into the skin with a...