The Boston Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire in 1942: one of the greatest civilian disasters with key medical lessons

The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire in 1942 in Boston, killing 492 people and sending hundreds more to area hospitals was, probably, one of the largest civilian disasters in American history. The disaster resulted in a number of important advances in burn treatment, including the first comprehensive d...

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Main Authors: Ángeles Franco-López, Lucía Cachafeiro Fuciños, Abelardo Garcia-de-Lorenzo y Mateos, Jesús M. Culebras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Para el Progreso de la Biomedicina 2018-03-01
Series:Jounal of Negative and No Positive Results
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Online Access:https://www.jonnpr.com/pdf/2047.pdf