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Research Article| Volume 23, P211-218, 1970

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A historical review of the use of local physical signs in burns

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      Summary

      The use of physical signs to describe and classify burns has been reviewed from earliest times to the present day.
      During the last 30 years a number of methods have been studied for diagnosing partial and full-thickness skin destruction. These are enumerated, and the opinion is advanced that sensitivity to pin-prick is the best and simplest guide we have as to whether the deepest epithelial elements in the skin are alive or not.

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