This Classic Article is a reprint of the original work by T. Gluck, Report on the positive results obtained by the modern surgical experiment regarding the suture and replacement of defects of superior tissue, as well as the utilization of re-absorbable and living tamponade in surgery. An accompanying biographical sketch of T. Gluck Albright is available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-011-1836-8. The Classic Article is (c) 1891 and is reprinted from Gluck T. Report on the positive results obtained by the modern surgical experiment regarding the suture and replacement of defects of superior tissue, as well as the utilization of re-absorbable and living tamponade in surgery [In German]. Arch klin chir. 1891;41:187-239.