# Fourth degree burns??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-degree-burns/774975>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-degree-burns/774975 "2016-12-17T21:14:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-degree-burns/774975/21 "2016-12-22T16:03:19Z")

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When I was a Boy Scout receiving first aid training back in the Seventies, third-degree burns were the most serious. Now there are at least six degrees… and Pluto isn’t a planet anymore!

“Progress,” my ass.

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