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. 1990 Dec;301(6766):1415-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.301.6766.1415.

Bell ringers' bruises and broken bones: capers and crises in campanology

A C Lamont  1 , N J London
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Bell ringers' bruises and broken bones: capers and crises in campanology

A C Lamont et al. BMJ. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the incidence, aeriology, and outcome of injuries due to bell ringing.

Design: Retrospective review of the last six years' issues of Ringing World, advertisement in Ringing World, and a postal questionnaire sent to 20 active ringing towers.

Subjects: Regular bell ringers.

Results: Seventy nine injuries were identified both from review and by advertisement in Ringing World. The incidence of injury among 221 ringers identified by postal questionnaire was 1.8% a year.

Conclusion: Although sonerous, bell ringing can be dangerous and occasionally even fatal. Doctors should be aware of the dangers to which campanologists expose themselves.

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