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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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1Based on part of an M.D. Thesis : Local Physical Signs in Burns : their basis and significance.
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© 1970 E. & S. Livingstone. Published by Elsevier Inc.