FIGURE 2.—POST-MORTEM BURN.
Exp. 1. (Appearances after application of a tin can containing boiling water.) The cuticle was raised by expansion. The blisters contained no serum and no red line is developed.
FIGURE 3.—POST-MORTEM BURN.
Exp. 2. (Appearances after the application of iron at a dull red heat.) No proper blister formed; the cuticle was raised, as in previous experiment. There was no serum and no red line or redness of adjacent parts. The cuticle is charred at one point, where the iron was brought into contact with it.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE—PLATE II.
Burn, Two hours after death, by Iron at a dull red heat.
Burn, Two hours after death, by Tin Can containing boiling water.
