History of Free Skin Grafting: Knowledge or Empiricism?

1. Experiences With and Views on Skin Grafting Prior to Reverdin’s Invention (1869).- 2. Skin Grafting by the Reverdin Method and Subsequent Developments.- A. The Skin Grafts of Jaques-Louis Reverdin.- B. The Grafting of Epithelium Without Corium.- C. Homografting.- D. Heterografting.- References.- 3. Skin Grafting in Eyelid Surgery.- A. Lawson’s Successful Reconstruction.- B. Other Initiatives in Eyelid Grafting.- C. Wolfe and the Full-Thickness Skin Graft.- D. Further Application of the Full-Thickness Skin Graft.- E. The Split-Skin Graft in Eyelid Surgery.- F. Dressing Technique.- G. Results.- H. Skin Grafting in Other Eyelid Abnormalities.- I. Skin Grafting on Fresh Eyelid Wounds.- References.- 4. Application of the Principles of Thiersch in Skin Grafting, and Further Developments (1886—1900).- A. Skin Grafting According to the Principles of Carl Thiersch.- B. Grafting Epithelial Scrapings.- C. The Full-Thickness Skin Graft.- D. The Use of Homografts and Heterografts After Thiersch’s Address (1886).- References.- 5. Skin Grafting During the First Three Decades of the 20th Century.- A. The Split-Skin Graft.- B. The Full-Thickness Skin Graft.- C. New Ways in Grafting, or the Way Back?.- D. Homografting.- References.- 6. Skin Grafting During the Period 1930—1950.- A. Split-Skin Grafts.- B. Full-Thickness Skin Grafts.- C. Homografting.- References.- Summary and Conclusion.- Free Skin Grafting Today and Tomorrow.