Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-gigi!merrill From: merrill@gigi.DEC (Rick GIGI::Merrill DECRITE) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: re: dark bruises Message-ID: <3104@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 11:10:05 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3104 Posted: Fri Aug 3 11:10:05 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Aug-84 05:24:02 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 10 The length of time it takes a "dark contusion" to heal depends upon the age of the individual. I've seen a 1 yr old shake a heavy bruise in days while a similar bruise stayed on a 40 yr old for months and on a 90 yr old forever (now 102 yrs old!). I suspect all of this depends upon the circulation and cell-count so that face and thigh bruises would take a long time while chest and arm contusions would heal faster ( this sentence is just a guess). Rick