The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26

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and appliances have been made Of 1t,
says the New York Recorder. With
out glass Sir Joseph Listers princi-
pies of antiseptics and the present sys-
TEN OF asteptic surgery would be we'll
nigh impossible. Nothing can be so
easily kept clean as glass, and as
cleanliness is the keynote OF the
marvelously successful surgery of
today the modern operating room
Is a veritable crystal palace. The
operating tables, the instrument cases
and often even the ceiling and
walls OF these rooms are all Of purest
polished plate glass.
Glass eyes have long replaced the
lost organs Of vision and can be made
so cleverly as to almost defy detection.
Glass noses are even made. and II w
90 far back in history, wen to the his
tory of fairyland, we would probably
discover that the existing impetus to
the glass industry dates back to Gin
derella's slippers OF tabled fame.
But these are fin de steele days. and
the most recent and at the same time
most marvellous use glass has been put
to is in the making of artificial limbs.
There Is a man In New York today
a prominent downtown business man
at that-who. so far as his friends, or,
at least. all but his most intimate and
confidential friends, know, has two
arms as good and as serviceable as any
| mas nlan uhnoa loft arm 10 vnudn nf
glass.
The only thing, so far as appearances
ire concerned, that would indicate that
anything Is the matter with his arm
s the fact that he invariably carries
his left hand In his pocket. When
questioned about It he settles all doubt
BY simply answering: Rheumatism.
I'm subject to 1t. II ] don't keep my
hand warm 1t gets chilled and | suffer
N consequence, 20 ! keep 1t my pock-
%et--that's ALL And the Questioner
usually goes away perfectly satisfied.
But the story Of this wonderful glass
arm-the only n in existence-is well
worth being told. Some years age
Mr.. By, the gentleman in question
was out shooting. Somehow or Other
the muzzle OF the weapon became clog,
ged up with sand and exploded wher
discharged, decorating Mr.. B--y's lef,
arm in the most frightful manner. HI
was taken to his uptown home and the
most skillful surgeons summoned, bu,
to no avail; the arm had to amputated
to saw the mans life, for symptoms
OF blood-poisoning speedily developed
To be MANNED and an object OF pity
for the rest OF ones life Is anything but
pleasant, and so soon as he was able
to be about Mr.. By set sail for Eu-
rope, for his health" 1t was said, but
In reality 1t was in search OF an arm
A huge ulster and ~handages innumer-
able concealed the fact OF his loss
from his fellow-passengers until he
had ice reached his state-room and
there he remained until the end of the
voyage.
The only persons who accompanied
him were his young daughter, a beau
tiful girl then IL years old, but now
one OF the pets OF the exclusive society
set OF Murray Hill. and one man. This
man Is an inventor Of national reputa-
ton and. so far as the public was con-
cerned, went to Europe simply for a
holiday. His name Is as familiar to
the public as that OF Edison and his
marvellous laboratories are In the heart
OF New York.
He had little to do with either Mr..
or Miss By during the course of
the voyage, but a week after the ar
rival OF the French liner at Havre the
trio met at Venice and the most skill
full glassblower In that Italian city was
taken into their confidence.
The result was that some three
months later Mr.. By returned to
New York, hale and hearty, with two
arms. The hand of his left arm is
never glOved unless It's a is also
gloved, and the closest scrutiny fails
to reveal any difference between II and
the natural hand. and yet 1t Is nothing
but glass to within five inches of the
elbow.
Some time ago 1t was discovered that
II a small quantity OF oil were poured
into molten glass II would greatly
lessen It's friability and make It very
elastic, and OF this peculiar elastic
glass is the arm made. 1t has a dull
finish, giving an exact appearance of
natural skin, and the coloring is the
work Of an artist and burned In. The
nails are OF separate pieces OF trans
parent glass, fused into place. and
have to be kept clean like ordinary
finger nails. The arm itself Is hollow
and the hidden parts. above the wrist,
are colorless, transparent glass. 1t is
made in three pieces-the one reaching
to the elbow, the center piece to the
wrist, and the third the hand.