Abstract
Summary and Conclusions
A modified graft technic is described which has been found to be rapid and reliable in rats. Two people can complete this graft technic in 15 to 25 rats in one hour. The adherence of the skin, hair and outer dessicated layers of the skin to the tape allows an unobstructed view of the viable graft and permits detection of minor changes, as compared with the control site. When the graft disc was placed without an overlying tape, or when the cast and tape were removed by the animal, the superficial dessication and hair prevented the early changes of slight edema, faint brownness in color, and reduction of graft diameter, from being seen or recognized as the early onset of the homograft reaction.
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