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  • Human dermis scar tissue
  • Examining horse's throat - hobday scar
  • Scar on horse due to twitch applied severely
  • Patient with scalding scar on cheek, after ionisation.
  • Patient with scalding-scar on cheek, before ionisation.
  • Keloid which formed on a scar in the groin
  • Keloid condition of a scar on the right forearm
  • Female genitalia with scar tissue around the labia and anus. Chromolithograph, c. 1888.
  • For boils : no incision less pain no scar : prescribe Tin-Tabs (Cole).
  • Head of a woman with a large scar on her forehead. Chromolithograph, c. 1888.
  • Male genitalia without a penis (due to amputation); and an abdomen scar above. Watercolour, c. 1824.
  • A Mughal courtier with a scar on his face, leaning on a stick. Watercolour drawing by an Indian artist.
  • Severely diseased tissue on the thigh of a woman, with scar tissue shown on her upper arm. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • Area of scar tissue on the upper arm of a woman, with the right breast also shown. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1859.
  • A man suffering from chancre of the lip, displaying scar tissue on his lower lip, forehead and scalp, shown after treatment and following the process of cicatrization. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1867.
  • A mirror image of a man wearing a striped shirt with a scar on his face and a message in French about how he is not always faithful to his girlfriend but always uses condoms; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • Checking for neurorectomy scars
  • Photograph: facial scars of smallpox;
  • Keloid occurring in the scars left by herpes zoster
  • Hunting: dogs scare the deer into nets, while a hunter throws his spear into the antlers of a stag. Engraving by Philipp Galle after Stradanus.
  • Keloid of Alibert in the site of scars of acne vulgaris
  • Keloid condition of the scars after an attack of herpes zoster
  • A leaping frog startles a huntsman, causing him to tread on his dog's tail and scare away the chamois buck which he was about to shoot. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • Beginnings of retinal scarring
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • Scarring the a detached retina
  • Retinal scarring from diabetic retinopathy
  • Trachoma WHO grade: trachomatous scarring (TS)
  • Trachoma WHO grade: trachomatous scarring (TS)
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji (?) in a loin-cloth, his body covered with sword scars, is seated at a meal. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.