Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-19
THE SKIN OF A DOG
To Be Grated on the Lascerated Arm
of Young Corcoluzzi Kauzi.
A HAIRLESS JAPANESE CANINE
Selected by New York Doctors for an Un-
precedented Experiment.
EVERY EXPECTATION OF IT'S SUCCESS
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1S-The most interest
ing occupant in the Eastern District Hos
pital in Brooklyn is hairless Japanese
dog named Pin. He is bright-eyed, ugly
little fellow, with skin of dirty blush
tinge without hair on it. Three weeks
ago Corcoluzzi Kauzi, a 17-year-old boy en-
ployed in candy factory in Gwinnett
street, near Harrison avenue, had his left
arm caught in the machinery used for roll
ing boiled sugar. Before the machinery
could be stopped the skin of the arm was
torn away from the elbow and pulled over
the hand like glove.
Kauzi was taken to the Eastern District
Hospital, where Drs. Myerle and Blaisdell
were called in consultation. The skin was
put back to its place and the hurts dressed.
1t refused to heal, and the doctors decided
to cut away the deceased parts and to try
skin-grafting, if they could find anyone
willing to contribute the skin.
A Dog Found Just In Time.
Kauzi has no friends in Brooklyn but
grandmother, and she is too old for the
purpose. On Friday of last week, as DR..
Blaisdell was driving past the Novelty
Theater, in briggs street, Williamsburg,
dog ran out of the stage entrance and
barked at his horse. DR.. Blaisdell had
never seen dog Of the same species before,
and pulled up his horse to investigate. The
dog, frightened at his whip, ran barking
into the theater, and DIR. Blaisdell followed
him. Bert johnson, stage manager OF the
theater, came from his office at the noise OF
the barking, and asked the reason of the
visit. Then he called the dog, and Pin and
the doctor soon became friends.
While patting the smooth skin OF the
hairless Japanese animal, DIR. Blaisdell
thought of his patient, who was likely to
lose the use of his arm for the want of a few
inches of skin. A careful examination con-
vinced him that the dogs skin could be
grated with benefit to the boy and without
injury to the dog. Mr. johnson objected
strenuously at first to taking any risk, but
on the joint guarantee Of Drs. Myerle and
Blaisdell, that his pet should be returned to
him unhurt, he consented to the expert
ment.
The Canine Not Consulted.
The dog was not consulted. He was
carried to the hospital and examined by q
veterinary surgeon, who pronounced him
sound Since then he has been carefully
dieted and his skin treated antiseptically.
As soon as it is in proper condition the first
operation will be performed. The boys
wound is being kept open, ready to receive
the layers of skin. When all is ready
for the operation that portion of the dogs
skin which is to be removed will be shaved
and washed with weak spirits. He will be
bound to an operating table, so that he can
not move, and piece of the skin will be
taken off the dog and laid on Kauzi's wound,
SO that one edge will Just overlap the sound
skin of the arm. Other shavings will over
lap that again, and so on until the whole of
the exposed surface is covered.
Twenty or 80 operations will be neces-
sary. One application will be allowed
to heal before second is put on.
The edges of the skin are kept from dying
and shriveling up by the dressings. The
doctors are confident as to the success of the
experiment, which, they say. is the first of
its kind that has ever been attempted.