New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-25
MARTELS IN SKIN-GRAFTING.
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN THIS DIRECTION
CLOSE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.


MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The closing session of the seventh annual meeting
Of the New-York State Medical Association was heao
yesterday in Mott Memorial Hall, No. "a Madson-ave.
Tho first paper was read by Dr. Benjamin NJ Ricketts'
Of Ohio and was entitled "some Observations on Bone
and Skin Grating In his treatment Of this interest
ing subject DR.. Ricketts, sald
"Graftng, or dermepenthess in the vegetable hing
DOM has been developed to such an extent that there
Is hardly any limit to what may be done In the way Of
repair and production, beauty and financial gain being
the greatest desidersta While the results Of grating
animal tissue are grsfyng than those OF vegetable
tissue, much has been done to convince us that the
limit is Tar beyond anything yet attained The ocu'
lists have displayed unbounded energy and exalted SKILL
q shown By their in transpantng the cornea
of the cat dog and rabbit to the eyes OF human beings
and OF mucous membrane to the conjunction. FOR the
correction of deformty the result Of eye troubles In
infancy It is now demonstrated that the nerves OF
lower animals may be successfully ansplanteo 10 inc
nerve st,mps Of man. DR.. Redart successfully gsaUo
The skin OF chicken upon child two years DID, Ut.
Bartens succeeded in grating the skin OF dead man
seventy wears old to that Of boy fourteen years Old
Or walter was equally successful in trsnsplanng the
uoncous membrane Of frogs, rabbits and pigeons TO
mucous areas in man previously occupied BY caiclai
tissue and was the first to show that mucous MEN,
branes remain so II tansplsnted to mucous membrane
but become sldn II transpanted to skin
al have succeeded In grating the skin OF noe %
that OF tortoise and the skin OF tortoise 70 thaS Oh
a frog and also in securing the growth OF frogs
sstn npon the skin Of a man ffty-four years Old
Rome rratng is not far advanced but has met the
Same success as skingraftine. Enough has been &C.
compushed to satisfy me that the day ID not Iar os
tant when the long bones and ribs OF the lower ahia
will be successfully transpanted to man Tor the purpose
NJ restoring osseous structures destroyed by any
nftnt,a that
sucb animals as the cat, dog opossurn etc. aiter
beinc dvested Of the ntegument and SOFT issue ma.
be transpanted with success. 1t may % Iouno 'ii'
Tho ribs Of lower animals be substituted Tor the
small bones of the hand
Other papers read at the morning SESSION. "oie %
follows: "Leprosy,' DR.. Joseph G. Greene, Oh Erie
County aThe Use and Neglect OF Blood-Lettlhe' W,
Homer O. Jewett, of Cortland County; "Tne fsycnosi
ASPECTS Of INSANITY" DR.. John shrady, OF New VOTE
and Test of Dupas In Disocauon Of the Shoulder
Dr Frederick w. Putnam Of Broome County.
oA6cers were elected as follows: President, stephen
Smith New-York vtcepresidents, A. F. Van VrshKeh'
West Troy; J. d. Trip, Auburn h y "en.'
caledonia members of council, W. D. Gar1ock, Little
Fails: George Douglas Oxford; Theodore d. strons,
west6ed. DR.. E d. Ferguson, OF Troy. was
secretary The treasuicrship was leff vscah' .
In the afternoon the following papers occupoo ~o
attention of the few members that brsved the con-
timed storm: aEarly Infant visbitty with Man.
auou,ent of Cases. DR.. Henry c. Hendroks, OF corr
lsnd County; aAn Once Battery" DR.. william d
Robo. Of Montgomery County; "Cysts, and C!suc
Eormatonsn Dr. Thomas H. Mmley OF New.Yorx
g r,,rct,onal disorders Of the Nervous System Of
women Dr. r. ]. McGfllicuddy, Of New York The
Feeding Of Infants,n Dr. John p. Garrlsh' OF Now
York. . .,s.,A NJ Jobn r.
orion surrendered his seat to his successor, Dr.
stephen smith. After brief address ey the e new
fonnciI was Immediately called together and IT was de
cided to hold the next meeting OF the associa0n II.