Basil had given her shanks a fresh touch of the bear's grease; and the scars which the cougar had made were likely to cicatrise speedily.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid
A custom among the natives here is to cicatrise in parallel horizontal lines the abdomens of the female portion of the community.
"Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1"
Ernest Giles
Aseptic wounds could probably be made to cicatrise more rapidly.
"The Dream Doctor"
Arthur B. Reeve