New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
ShIN-GRAF1fNG.
Trom ohal.Ler.,s Jonnal

From fHufADffSS JohfNdt
The patient pretty little girl OF eight. wa3
admitted into the Well "gtou yard OF 1t. Georges
Hospital with the history that, two years PIE
yiCusly her dress had caught ire burning boih
legs from the hlpj 10 tne knees sew feIy. Aitera
years treatment tie lett thigh hau healed upi DuI
the right had never got better 3nd presenter
terrible ulcer, extending all down the ou.er sue.
She was a bright, intelligent little thlng dud hti
sad condition excited much sympathetr Interest;
EoI four month, she lay there without any Signs OF
Improvement. Though nUurishlDg iooo WIN vine
and strengt hcnlug m 2dlC,nes was freely aGmlnis'
tered and all manner OF local remeol's 1pplHu
particularly that most excellent dressing. c1l,ieI
oakuul, all was n yam: and when. on the 'tl Oh
May. the child WAS brought INTO the Operating
theatre and placed under tie influence, Ca chloto-
FORM Ii certainly Appeared 10 uS 10 be - uhiNes
case to afford far criterion Of a new fei-meute
os could well he imagined. Two small pieces OIL
skin we're then shipped from the back "un pAh
OF sharp pointed Scissors an iml e'idei Piahs'u
in f1ct-In the 2rAuulau3ns or proud H''h OIL
the wouud-tw0 tiny atoms, scarcely Niger ll.'n II
plY's head, and consisting OF little more IMAM lne
cutclc or outer skin which We raise IN pIl'lei' ~
rowing or exposure 10 n hot sun. I'VE GAYS l'yo'
M change Wa visible and Dy-aud-hy The opera
ton WAS considered to have failed since the pieces
OF skin had disappeared, instead OF growing, - ua'
been expected. But twelve days a!fer tue opera.
ton two little white clcatrlces appeared where ue
seeds had ieen sown; and IN my notes nn1 "a,
n week later these were blg enough 10 ne ~ ,t'i'u
n islands of new tissue Tho most wonderful par,
of II is that not only lid these islands grow aAt
increase rapidly IN circumference but the lielV'
their presence seemed 10 stimulate the ulcer lt'ei.
which forthwith took on healing action aioUnu 10
margin. Several more crafts were implanted 'ig
sequently, including morsels from Mr loloCNs
ann from my own. and from tho shoulder OF .
negro: the last producing white scar tissue ny
the rest In two months the wound was leaIe"
aud the little patient was discharged cured Ia,
ssSkin graftngis now performed daily IN surt.aI
practice and special Instruments com linallon
OF knife and sclssors-has been iEYented or the pun
pose Ii 'is impossible To estimate the immense
benefit of this discovery 10 mankind IN many ollel
emf aspects Poor people. hitherto mclp2'ilatcu
from labor by "incuIalla' ulcers, and Tor years
burden on thor parish or inmates OF worAh0uSes
and asy ums will NOW again resume tier pace ~
the great tOilng hive. from whose daly MolN -
distilled the prosperity OF a nation. Non 'ii'''
operation OF irideOt0my, whereby nhhUten' ,t,
people who were formerly considered iirculcIHoy
blind, are now restored To si@ht ny shpio ~
ceedng, IL said To have eXer'lhed very "Ppl'en
able effect on the poOrrates OF the conntiy' ~ ."
instance of true transplantatloh' Jonh iiunit "a
celebrated experiment OF causing human too', ~
take root and grow III the comb OF cock IL u "Vn
known instance Dentists nowadays often ItnvNo
teeth and having excsed diseased portions. feplahs
Them IN their sockets with frequent, though ny
inyariable success and cruel plastic opeIatlons
h,ve been performed on rats, by which they nave
Leen Joined like Samese twins, their talls cauSco
10 Cow from their shoulders. or between 'n 1e
eves The late Mr. Frank auckland, In his t"'f0s,'s
o. Natural Uistcry gives amusing account on ="
action. at-law brought by NJ. Trlguel, tienh%
naturalist against = Zouave who Lad sou Iyn
what was termeda trumpet~rat for 100 HahvS,,
the said trumpetr rat proving 10 be an or1nsssJJ
"Narmnt" with the tip OF another raj Tall pi"""s
IN its nose. and growing theie,