Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1917 — Frog Hide in Skin Grafting. [ARTICLE]

Frog Hide in Skin Grafting.

A successful method of skin grafting, in whlcli frog skin is used instead of human skin, as a covering for slowhealing wounds, is described in the British Medical Journal by Capt. H. W. M. Kendall. Wounds In which the skin has been destroyed heal naturally with a contracting scar, which is often unsightly and inconvenient, but this method leases a neatand supple scar. Frog skift can be obtained in abundance at the front. The loose skin on the inner side of the frog’s leg is shipped off with scissors, spread out and applied by its under surface to the wound, which has been cleansed without antiseptics. It is then fixed in place by a covering of guttapercha tissue and a dry dressing. In three days the site of the graft appears as a spot branching outward toward the edges of the wound. After the<fifth day the wound is dressed svith boric ointment until healingis completed, all contracttion being avoided. -