Rawhide (material): Difference between revisions

=== Garrotte / Medical uses ===

Wet rawhide has been used by some earlier cultures as a means of [[torture]] or [[execution]], gradually biting into or squeezing the flesh of body parts it encloses as it dries. An example is [[Boot (torture)#Spanish boot|buskin]]. On the other hand, it has also been used in the context of [[medicine]] by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|First Nations]] peoples, and other groups such as the [[Sioux Nation]]: wet rawhide would be wrapped around a long bone [[fracture]] and it would dry, slowly setting the bone;<ref>{{cite book| url = https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-6635-2_6 |chapter = The Case of Traditional Bonesetting and Orthopaedic Medical Curriculum|series = Frontiers in African Business Research|year = 2019|pages = 81–95|publisher = Springer|doi = 10.1007/978-981-13-6635-2_6|isbn = 9789811366352|s2cid = 155972924| last1=Ezeanya-Esiobu | first1=Chika | title=Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa }}</ref> the dried rawhide then served to support the fracture, similar to how a plaster cast does today.

 

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