Notes on transplantation or engrafting of skin / by John Woodman.

  • Woodman, John, 1837-1903.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Notes on transplantation or engrafting of skin / by John Woodman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    piece of integument with an ordinary pair of forceps, and cut out the piece with either a sharp scalpel, or better still a sharp pair of curved scissors; the piece taken out should he about this size . This may now be divided either on the nail, or in any other way, into two, three, four, or even five parts ; make an incision into the surface of the ulcer, or incisions as may be needed, wait until the bleeding has quite stopped; then put each piece into one of the incisions, taking care to lay the cut surface down- wards, then cover it with a piece of Professor Lister’s non-adhesive lac plaster (a small bit about an inch square is what I generally place over the spot), and then keep this in situ with a strap or straps of ordi- nary adhesive plaster, then put a little cotton wool and a bandage, so as to cause steady pressure. At first I put on only ordinary adhesive or isinglass plas- ter, and then found that, in spite of scraping off the adhesive over the spot, &c., I continually managed, in taking off the plaster, to pull out the engrafted skin. However, at the recommendation of my friend, Mr. Nelson Dobson, House Surgeon to the General Infir- mary, Bristol, I was induced to try Lister’s carholized non-adhesive lac plaster, which I have obtained from the Apothecaries’ Company, Virginia Street, Glasgow. This plaster acts also as an admirable dressing for the wound, and my plan is now to leave it untouched