Chemical and Histochemical Sequences in the Normal Healing of Wounds

THE healing wound is of perennial interest and fundamental importance to the surgeon. Despite continued study, however, knowledge to date consists largely of the factors that affect the well known histological sequences of healing and the rate of gain in tensile strength. The intensive inquiries1 , 2 that many investigators have conducted into the nature of connective tissue in the last decade have provided a variety of technics, some old and some new, that require application to the healing wound. This report reappraises the sequences of wound healing on the basis of data obtained from chemical and histochemical studies.Formation of Collagen . . .