Cauterization
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Cauterization is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undes
Electrocauter
Human branding
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Human branding or stigmatizing is the process by which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention of the resulting scar making it pe
Cauterization
…electrocautery and chemical cautery—both are, for example, prevalent in cosmetic removal of warts and stopping nosebleeds. Cautery can also mean the branding of a human. Cauterize is a Middle English word borrowed from the Old French cauteriser, from Late Latin cauterizare "to burn or brand with a hot iron", from Ancient…
Modern strike branding
Branding of a nude enslaved woman in Africa
Branding of the Huguenot John (or Jean) Leclerc during the 16th century persecutions
Whipping and branding of thieves in Denmark, 1728