The raw surface heals irregularly, the cicatrice contracting causes stricture, and an animal so injured is likely to die of starvation.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Since 1880, since the administration of President Hayes, the wound has been steadily healing, until it has come to seem no longer a burning sore, but an honourable cicatrice.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
All the bones of the fore-arm had been smashed, the cicatrice of a dreadful flesh-wound showed what sufferings he had undergone, and it was indeed a wonder for me that, residing as he did in such a hot unhealthy climate, deprived of all medical advice, he had not succumbed to the effects of the wound, still more that he had been able to save the limb.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc