callus

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Callus usually disappears when the exciting cause or pressure is removed.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

Callus Formation after infected Compound Fracture of both Bones of Forearm—result of gun-shot wound.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

With regard to Alfenus and Gallus, the scholiasts remained somewhat nearer the truth, for they had at hand a speech of Callus criticizing the former for his behavior at Mantua.

From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney

Callus is not harmful, except in leading to cracks of the skin near the bend of joints, and, rarely, in causing irritation, heat, pain, and even the formation of pus in the skin beneath.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

The classical accounts of the invasion of Aelius Callus in 26 B.C. threw little light on the state of Arabia at the time, still less on its past history.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various