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...plastic surgery in the Pacific Northwest, got the idea of combining tannic acid and silver nitrate for burns from his procedure for removing tattoo marks. To remove tattoos he injects tannic acid and silver nitrate solutions with a tattooing machine over the original marks. At once a black coagulum forms. The leathery surface, with the design dimly visible, peels off in a few days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Leatherized Burns | 3/18/1935 | See Source »

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