3rd stage—peeling and staining the skin.
4th stage—cells of the horny layer replaced by pushing upward of cells from stratum lucidum.
BURNS OF THE SECOND DEGREE
Pathology.
(1) Destruction of cells of horny layer and sometimes of the germinal layer.
(2) Great exudation of fluid composed of lymph, fibrin, and broken-down cells in the lymph spaces of the mucous layer, forming blisters.
(3) Intense swelling and congestion of the papillary layer.
(4) Swelling of the connective tissue and elastic fibres in the true skin.
(5) Thrombosis in some superficial blood vessels.