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In the first season episodes Fallen Angel and Fire, a doctor and Scully (respectively) make references to "5th and 6th degree burns". There's no such thing as a 5th or 6th degree burn. 1st degree burns involve damage only to the epidermis. 2nd degree burns extend through the entire epidermis and part of the dermis. 3rd degree burns damage the entire skin, that is, all of the dermis and epidermis. Any burn that damages below the skin is known as a 4th degree burn. I cracked up the first time I saw this.. and then laughed even harder when the mistake was repeated a couple episodes later! From what I've heard, this may have been repeated yet AGAIN in episodes I haven't seen..

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A Final Wish writes:: (i) First degree burn shows erythema. (ii) Second degree burn is characterized by vesication. (iii) Third degree burn involves destruction of superficial layer of skin. (iv) Fourth degree burn shows total destruction of true layer of skin. (v) Fifth degree burn is characterized by involvement of subcutaneous tissue, deep fascia and muscles. (iv) Sixth degree burn includes destruction of blood vessels, nerves, serous cavities, bones etc.; 138 of 146 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

biveg writes:: Fifth and sixth degree burns do exist. The reason most people haven't heard of burns over the third degree is because victims do not survive them (aside from fictional characters in The X-Files, that is.) It's pathology. From answers.com: "Burns that injure the tissues underlying the skin, such as the muscles or bones, are sometimes characterized as 'fourth-degree burns.' (In classical medical literature there were six degrees; with fourth-degree burns the skin is irretrievably lost, in fifth-degree burns the muscle is irretrievably lost, in sixth-degree burns the bone is charred)." So, what was astonishing was that burns which would normally kill a person - burns that completely destroyed the muscle and bone - were being survived by Cecil L'ively; even being healed. Normally these terms would only be used regarding a corpse, during autopsy. So, not a slip-up, just really good research.; 28 of 28 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Innomen writes:: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/02/19/id_never_heard_of_fifth_degree_burns/ This guy had 5th and lived.; 12 of 14 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

Captain Snake writes:: How can you be so sure you can't get 5th and 6th degree burns?; 5 of 25 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

xvenus writes:: Considering it is the X-Files with weird ideas about aliens and junk... they can have what ever 'burns' they want, and anything else for that matter.; 5 of 27 people found this comment helpful. Did you?

purpleshoes writes:: Yeah, I noticed that too. I was kinda thinkin the same thing. What the heck are 5 and 6 degree burns. Though I didn't see any other episode where they do that. but they could have.; 1 of 22 people found this comment helpful. Did you?