. Annals of surgery. er in the cicatricial tissue wasgrafted with small deep grafts. All of these grafts were suc-cessful. When discharged, November 16, 1909, the scalp presentedthe following appearance: The denuded area was entirely healed(Fig. 6). The greater part was covered with stable whole thick-ness skin, which was normal in appearance and was soft andmovable. Acute sensation was practically confined to the cica-tricial border around the grafted area. There was definite growthof fine hair on those grafts which were obtained from the thighsand legs, showing that the skin with all that be
. Annals of surgery. er in the cicatricial tissue wasgrafted with small deep grafts. All of these grafts were suc-cessful. When discharged, November 16, 1909, the scalp presentedthe following appearance: The denuded area was entirely healed(Fig. 6). The greater part was covered with stable whole thick-ness skin, which was normal in appearance and was soft andmovable. Acute sensation was practically confined to the cica-tricial border around the grafted area. There was definite growthof fine hair on those grafts which were obtained from the thighsand legs, showing that the skin with all that belonged to it wastransplanted. The general condition of the patient was excellent, and withthe aid of a wig a good cosmetic result was obtained (Fig. 7). A comparison of these two cases is interesting. Bothwere females, aged respectively twenty-two and forty-one Porters ointment: citrate of silver i part; ichthyol, 4 parts; ben-zoinated lard, 175 parts; lanolin, 25 parts (Ann. of Surg., November,1907, p. 660). Fig. A, before grafting; S, result of grafting with Thiersch grafts (Blood-goods case). Fig.
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