Quotation from: Manual of Surgery

Written by: Alexander Miles and Alexis Thomson


The _fascia lata of the thigh_ is widely and successfully used as a
graft to fill defects in the dura mater, and interposed between the
bones of a joint--if the articular cartilage has been destroyed--to
prevent the occurrence of ankylosis.


The _peritoneum_ of hydrocele and hernial sacs and of the omentum
readily lends itself to transplantation.


_Cartilage and bone_, next to skin, are the tissues most frequently
employed for grafting purposes; their sphere of action is so extensive
and includes so much of technical detail in their employment, that they
will be considered later with the surgery of the bones and joints and
with the methods of re-forming the nose.

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