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Originally Posted by katex
No, that sometimes just came up in a lump, and could leave a very small circular scar.
There was something about scraping the surface of the skin away first, which freaked me out. My mum had one.
Will be people around still, I would think, that have them. Will accost very old people to enquire..  |
Yes you are right, just checked - my BCG scar is about 1cm in diameter, the smallpox ones were bigger and slightly sunk below the skin surface.
I do remember the sugar lump for polio!