, 1880-07-23

sIperading 10 tho pahtcd faith Of tho United |
Htatea that Or tho Individual statcs could hard
spts 70 5os T. oerstsr Ystty y'
RECONSTRUCTING A SCALP.
A Yonng wolnnn's Scalp Torn Com.
plutely from Her IIend-slx Ecnrn of
Rebuilding In u New York Hospital.
Nt0 York 1rmet.
Among the patients in st. Lulso's Hospital,
Fifty-fourtll street. and Fifth avenue, Is a
young woman who carries OF her head MI
artificial scalp. 1t Inns taken six years TO
construct this scalp, and It Is not entirely
complete yet, but for all practical purposes
the experiment on the young wolnnn nay be
said to be Mt an ei,tl. The material for
building tho scalp has been furnished by
hundreds Of volunteers, md over
1900 different pieces have en-
tered into Its construction, The woman's
name Is Lucy Osborn, and sho IL III
her ss5th yenr. She IL Of medium hight and
build, Of good form, md her ulsligured face
gives ample evidence Of the fact that she was
once very pretty girl. There Is sweetness
about her smile now Which is very attractive,
and her low, rich voice Is very pleasant to
listen to. TITO only disagreement apparent
In tho hospital yesterday, was found about
tho eyes. llor right eyebrow Is gone ell
tircly, and tho left one Is twisted upward and
outward. The Dyes themselves nre
elongated sideways. much like those Of a
Chnnman, but they are soft and pleasant to
look upon. Tho scalp, which the surgeons
hnve uecoyed nature Into furnishing In
pluce Of tho original, was covered by n cloth,
wound laround her llGad lnuch llk Il Turkish
turbar. She talks pleasantly, and with raro
intelligence for M invalid, and appeared
well satisfied with tho result Of tho surgeo ns'
operations upon her head.
Assistant I1ouso Surgeon W. O. Cam pbell
told. tho 1tulcs reporter the history Of Lucy
pertinent to wl,icl, she has submitted almost
results Sho belongs e = 3Ss; Mew RSls;aford, Sh;,i
G51t 5 ts nao iS S ysa2s ssns e ls It, esiss %s % e
isctory is 1Ier % hafr 'a vas WN arranged IN iens
!uxnriunt curls, which, covered the ottira
leaned forward toward d revolving sl,aft, md
cylinder. II is wonderful TINT her head WIS
~, completely crushed bat, m mtortu1naqtly, her
not sacriiieed. ner face was wrenched
down close to tho SHIFT, tho hair re-
fused to give Woy, y,,, md the entire scSp was as
Sss" from t'o S poi,e ~ taks wilt @ it W. ss q e
integument OF tho right car, and leaving but
Il slight fringe Of hnir on. the lower part of
tlle 6uck u tl4e head. Miss Osborn says TINT
was W lono % quickly, that slis Yas not e9n-
ea Ss sisnt{ Ths nn eFiISs {Is j XoSa "a
eoaate esa i for by !e tst thst @ TIC ~ mouths q
the blnoll VESSELS were so buddy lacerAteI TINT
tho blood coagu!nted, mud thus hem9rrhage
pssSy ns t. tSy s a & qs
quarters Ut ar hour before tho village physi-
cian reached the factory. He replaced the
scalp instantly, unI secured 1t to the girls
that tin i Would asain unite WITH the IT, Ii.
sue. Then followed n reaction, aud Lncy
suffered ,-, for two nights With -, 14ligt
greatly from palm. The scalp was kept In
position for eleven days, hut nattcr was con-
stuntly collecting bel,cntli 1t, a,!d The idea
bDne again was abandoned, it was removed
SSSl WSoaa;l WIS WIS dressed VIII. Simple ointiacnts.
On Dec; !, ls74, Lucy WINS brought to this
It was Ut once determined to elldeny0r to
proyids her with now scalp by means Of
81 Wss was g'yen s''a.eS H.. ,ts ot tie g'rl and
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with uintinents designed to stimulate Krnllu-
latlons nnd nlh tic production Of new tissue
l,pot, which to experiment Tho skin OF her
f,sass %ssa ss sa e Gs sssasS SSSay S fasaTS a ""
point so distant from the. border from
which It started Tint It's vitality was weak
enctl,, md 1t gould NO longor grow ~
furnish u nucleus frOns which n0W skin
,iiiite witt. tt'e ,o!d. OM Dec; the st!n,uatt;;
s eyeis s teast lou SSHS 10 sa %h = ~ q
akIa, not larRer than . lnlilct-seed, were
carefully taken fro,n tho arm Of II healthy
OH the head Ut Lucy short distanco frolh
! tho border Of tie skin OF her fore
heal The woa,l sat,,,H, wns tsst carefully sa,
sc a the ~ tbs ,nast sats n
: the 9ranuluted surface weru chosen to locate
n rstts essa n nsy r Es5s Sss hs sn aRps a
s4S Nals Il I'm fssp anS f!s Sors 4 D?SGa
2 tWenty-ilvo grAtts applied, M examination
made jan. 4, 1915, showed that but four, hn.
sppsa.s a3s % % Tess Gss o1 axnE Eaa aqss Sas I'd S Ss
selves firmly % the tissue, and gave pEol.n.
!. tnoy had Increased to the size OF a stlve
J, farwarti 10 join the skin Of iha fo!ekoat!
{ Morp grufts were carefully planted, Rlll
y y while hundreds proved worthless, enough
,p"nSsy to XIV, y, apS tSa
would be y matter ct years, the surgeon
well knew, but they felt certain TINT III Ii
end Lucy Osborn would Auvs u new scalr
;, unless al,o died betoro ths experiment coul'
. I.ucy did not dis. On the contrary, u.
y grvw strong haily, and ~ q very few month
sr E r. ". araarY % @4 @ 9spta, Ss Wa
u about thu WArlls, The tendency of hEujkn