This section is from the book "The Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine. Volume 2.", by J. H. Kellogg, M.D.. Also available from Amazon: The Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine, Volume 2.
A firm, prominent, pinkish nodule which often appears in a scar from a burn or surgical operation, and sends out processes which contract and pucker the tissues. In a severe case which we met in a city hospital, the growth existed upon the face and produced a hideous deformity. The disease should be let alone. Removal does no good, as it returns.
 
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