Summary
(1) Behaviour of 60 split skin grafts from various representative regions of the body have been studied by obser vations extending over a period of upto 5 years.
(2) The skin grafts pass through three stages during their life:
(i) Stage of apparent graft contraction which lasts from 2 weeks to 2 months.
(ii) Stage of slow and prolonged relaxation which last upto 10 months.
Stage of settlement when the graft finally adjusts to its new surroundings and left to itself does not change its dimensions after wards.
(3) Finally the graft is smaller than its original size but this true contraction is less than the earlier apparent contraction.
