The phenomenon of people removing their clothes whilst suffering from the effects of extreme cold is well recognized, but the references have been almost anecdotal (Gee, 1974).
Victims of hypothermia have been found to have discarded their clothes just before becoming unconscious (Gormsen, 1972; Wedin et al., 1979).
In all the cases described in the literature, the victims have always been adults. This paper concerns such a phenomenon occurring in a child.
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