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procreative bodies ; so that one crop of grauulatious produce 

 a second, a second a third, and thus in succession ; inoscu- 

 lating one with another as they grow up, until at last the 

 chasm becomes filled, and nothing remains but for the surface 

 to be covered with skin. In the usually vigorous constitu- 

 tion of the horse, granulation commonly proceeds with a 

 luxuriance calling for repression rather than encouragement. 

 When they grow beyond the level of skin, they constitute 

 what is called proud flesh, and require escharotic applications 

 to suppress them. It would appear that some parts are found 

 disposed to ulcerate ; such, however^ granulate wdtli diffi- 

 culty : hence arises the sluggishness and intractability of 

 the ulcer in the heel when once it has penetrated the skin ; 

 hence, also, the indisposition of caj'tilage and ligament to 

 assume the granulative action, a fact of which we have 

 sufficient proof in cases of poll-evil, fistula, quittor, canker, 

 &c. 



Cicatrization, the last stage of the healing process, is 

 the union of the lips of a wound by cellular tissue. As soon 

 as the work of incarnation is completed, and the chasm is 

 filled with granulations, the surface becomes level and dy^y ; 

 changes which arise from a filmy covering of glutinous 

 matter deposited upon the granulations. Skin is one of 

 those parts it is not in the power of the constitution to 

 reproduce. It would seem that the process of its reparation 

 even must be a difficult one, since the surrounding old skin 

 uniformly contracts over the sore : this contraction occasions 

 the puckered appearance which scars frequently present : 

 cicatrices of old sores being of a glistening aspect, are never 

 true skin, but cellular tissue, which draws the portions of 

 skin together, and ultimately contracting or becoming dense 

 causes the parts it joins to pucker ; the middle being com- 

 monly bare, or at least possessing but a ieyv scattered grey 

 hairs. What renders this contraction of the cellular tissue 

 the more remarkable, is, its continuance even for months 

 after the cicatrization of the sore ; so that the scar will go 

 on progressively diminishing, and, in the end, prove of 

 smaller dimensions than we probably had anticipated. 



