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In some cases extensive wounds of the scalp heal without artificial aid by simply cicatrizing over.
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In some cases extensive wounds of the scalp heal without artificial aid by simply cicatrizing over.
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Stahl boasted of it as a specific; and the great Haller asserts that the infusion, taken inwardly, with the outward application of the leaves, cut fine, will dissipate dreadful wounds -- cicatrizing them rapidly.
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The illuminations, the reverences, the dinners, and firing of cannon to celebrate this peace, were exactly the same as formerly: but far from cicatrizing the wounds, it introduced into the government which signed it a most certain and effectual principle of dissolution.
Ten Years' Exile Necker, Anne L G 1821
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The illuminations, the reverences, the dinners, and firing of cannon to celebrate this peace, were exactly the same as formerly: but far from cicatrizing the wounds, it introduced into the government which signed it a most certain and effectual principle of dissolution.
Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Auguste Louis Baron de [Editor] Stael-Holstein 1791
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The infibulation of boys, sometimes on account of their voice, and not unfrequently, to prevent masturbation, was performed by having the prepuce drawn over the glans; it was then pierced, and a thick thread was passed through it, remaining there until the cicatrizing of the hole; when that took place, a rather large ring was then substituted, which was not removed but with the permission of the party ordering the operation. [
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833
chained_bear commented on the word cicatrizing
"'...in the course of a month the wound was healed, except a small portion... it was in quite a cicatrizing state...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Truelove, 143
Healing by the formation of scar tissue. For some real fun, check out the eye disorders that come up in a Google Books search.
March 11, 2008