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Tree Surgeons at Work

���Above : Healing soon takes place and the cambium (new growth of bark) rolls gradually over the cement filler, sometimes com- pletely concealing the patch

��Left: A tree whose trunk split asunder. The doctor has inserted eyebolts and has drawn the branches together again by means of wire cables

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