en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degloving
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They were first reported in the twentieth century from machinery such as wringers used to dry clothes.
This is historically inaccurate: degloving injuries were described in the 19th century, not first reported in the 20th century.
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The sentence says degloving injuries were first reported in the twentieth century. But medical literature on Morel-Lavallée lesions, which are a recognized form of closed degloving injury, places their first description in 1863—the 19th century.
Two independent medical sources state this explicitly:
- NCBI StatPearls: “The Morel-Lavallee lesion was first described in 1863 … as a closed degloving injury.”
- American Journal of Case Reports (PMC): “First described in 1863 … the Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a closed traumatic soft-tissue degloving injury.”
So while some particular machine-related degloving injuries (such as wringer injuries) were reported in the 20th century, the broader claim that degloving injuries were first reported then is contradicted by 19th-century descriptions of closed degloving injuries.
2 sources
- Morel Lavallee Lesion - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
The Morel-Lavallee lesion was first described in 1863 by a French surgeon named Maurice Morel-Lavallee as a closed degloving injury...
- The First Reported Case of Morel-Lavallée Lesion and Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature - PMC
First described in 1863 by French surgeon Victor-Auguste-François Morel-Lavallée, the Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a closed traumatic soft-tissue degloving injury.