The Portland daily press., 1871-09-15
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~1e"'r' VI Lady who Lost Her seaIp
Some weeks ago the newspapers published
a paragraph stating that on the afternoon of
the 3lst OF July a Miss TyrreL, while at work
in watch factory, in Elsin, H., got her hair
entangled in the coupling of a shaft, and had
portion of her scalp torn from her head.
How the hurt has almost entirely healed, the
Elgin Gazette of Aug. 26 thus tells:
Inc physician who dressed the head arrived
ac Ihe scene OF .he accident twenty minutes
aiter tne occurrence, examined the scalp with
q view 70 replacing II on the girls head but
9eclded that, as twas entirely detached. and
had become cold, there was no chance of its
sloMinS on. ne then dressed the wound,
covering 1t with cotton batting. After the
lady had been removed to her boma ano,har
phy yslclan was called In, who insisted III a. the
scalp should have been replaced immediateIy.
and that 1t should be done Then eiv h"nss
after the accident. HIS opinion prevailsd and
the cotton batting was all picked off that
could be removed, and the scalp was replaced.
being secured in its place BY stitches AZ ne
angles and by strips of adhesive plaster. For
hve days 1t lay upon the head firmly, with
every appearance of life and health; but on
the sixth day, spot about the size of twen-
ty-tiye cent piece, became tender to the touch
and little soft. In about twelve hours IL
opened outward under the scalp to the eve,
and discharged matter mixed up with cotton
fibre. During the next five days it continued
to discharge from different points on the
right side OF the head and forehead, the left
siue d'schargine but little, and from but two
points. About one-third OF the scalp loosened
IN TINS way, portions of it being cut ava, by
the attending surgeon as il became loose. AT
ABOUT SIX O'Clock on the morning of the
eleventh day after the accident, after sleenino
soundly all night, she called for a drink of
water, and while the nurse was gone shs
raised herself up in bed, and the scalp was
drawn Off and found lying or the back of the
neck, entirely detached except at the ear,
from which it had to be detached with the
scissors. and the eyebrows which had grown
firmly on. The head was Iound 10 be covered
with coating OF flesh, from an eighth to a
quarter of an inch thick, except 10 two or
three places half an inch across, where was
found deposit of cotton as thick as sheet
OF paper. Since then these places have filed
with granulations, and tie flesh has increased
In thickness, until it is now nearly even with
the skin.
Upon examining the scalp after it came of,
1t was found to have been attached in places
ON both sides OF the head, and those points
which had become detached by suppuration.
showed granulating points, looking like new
flesh starting on it; the blood vessels were
enlarged and contained fresh red blood
The ear had partially united, and was quite
sensitive-so much SO that she could tell what
part OF it was touched. Dr. Winchester. the
attending surgeon, thinks the scalp was torn
off by the lady in rising from her pillow, to
which ii had become fastened by dried matter
during the night. She is now doing well and
out OF da 1ger; her recovery is only question
of time.
The skin on her eyes and eyebrows having
become attached, is natural, and the physician
says he can warrant the entire head to be COW
cred with new skin; be intends to take skin
from her arm and place it on her forehead
and temples, so that it will be smooth and
natural. Then, with head of false hair, she
will, in few months, again walk the streets
of our bluff city. apparently her former self.