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cell infiltration with circumscribing granulation-tissue 

 leading to the formation of cicatricial bands. In the 

 form known as " wooden tongue" the disease runs an 

 essentially chronic course, with the production of consid- 

 erable amounts of connective tissue. 



But few cases recover, the disease terminating by death 

 from exhaustion or from complicating pneumonia or 

 other organic lesions. 



