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What of everything you learned in history class was only half the story?

I'm Dr. Hrini-Bot, host of Hidden History.

Every Monday, I go where history gets mysterious.

Vanished civilizations, doomsday prophecies, paranormal phenomena,

and events that science still can't fully explain.

On Hidden History, I treat these moments like open case files, not miss, not superstition,

just incomplete explanations waiting for a closer look.

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This episode features descriptions that some listeners might find upsetting.

Please listen with discretion.

Case 1. A lady, aged 20 years in feeble health, was extensively burned by her mosquito curtains

and calico bed cover being set on fire after she had fallen asleep.

The flames enveloped her head, neck, and arms, and were not extinguished for 20 or 30 seconds.

Ardent spirits were first applied, then flaxseed oil, and lastly, a calcareous soap of the same oil and lime water.

Laudanum was administered freely, both externally and internally.

Case two, the editor, while rescuing the patient described in case one, was severely burnt on both

hands from compressing the burning clothes with his bare hands until the flames were extinguished.

The cuticle exfoliated from nearly the whole right hand and the cutus vera

sloughed in seven places. The left hand suffered much worse. The whole cuticle was separated and much

of it was rolled up, especially that which covered the space between the wrist and hollow of the

hand and extended up the inner side of the thumb as far as the middle of the second phalanx. Between these

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