The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
NO MORE BALD HEALS
a coNSTANTINoPLE PHysrcr,,
COVERS a REMARKABLE RsMEnT ,


PiOughs the Head With a scar,a..
ting the Scalp, and Then P1,u.-
Hair Like a Farmer won1d N, 's
Willow Wand.
DR.. Menahem Hodara. OF Cors,.,.,
nople, announces that he can ,,i'- g
fragment of hair, and, by impIar.,1s
on the scalp of a bald patient n,i,tI Il
the meagre clipping take root and s-LS
into a long, heavy hair, with a roo, ~,
its own. -oo' Of
he says that he has tried it upon ssr
eral patients and has afterwarf dr..
strated us success by micrOscoDjra1 -
/ animation. S4'
Every one knows that a Bit of u-,1.-.
twig, when stuck into the earth ana Nv.
alone, will probably throw ON, -. 81
and In time grow into tree Fvs9
dried-up looking sticks have hsau
known to accomplish this.
DIR. Hodara virtually says that b,s-
will do the same thing. He doss -.
transplant it in any sense of the wc-4
He does not take hair that is afta,b.i
to skin, or that has it's root and f9I,+--'
entire. His discovery is not the rss,.,.
of any mere grating experiment rr
Hodara says. in effect. that he can -aEa
the clippings of hair as they fat, Le
meath the BARRIERS shears and fro,
each of these bits of hair can cause .
new hair to grow.
1t has long been known that tho b,,
man hair was a composite org9nisr,
and that it closely resembIed skin in fts
structure, but it has never been thorpbt
that it contained within itself the not-
er to initiate growth. Ii has always
been believed that il depended for i,s
life and existence on the nutrient vas-
sells which supplied its follicle or
, sheath.
Dr. Hodara's discovery means tba.
each hair, or fragment of hair must
contain within itself the same mower
that resides in a willow twig-the cell.
| producing capability.
, His discovery was the result of a Dgve
! experiment. 1t happened that tive Of
| his patients were suffering from scaID
| disease known as "favuS. which is
| prevalent in the Eastern countries lis
cause is a minute fungus: its usual re-
suit is absolute badness of the patch
of scalp attacked by disease.
Careful examination of the scalp on
the bald area showed that the hair was
! non-existent. MicrOScOpical examiu-
| tion of section of the scalp showed
also that the fOlnGles Of the hair Were
empty, shrivelIed and dead
Before beginning operation. DR.. Ho-
u f,,11 ,r,l n. q
of the patients head on which hair
was luxuriant, with an antiseptc 50.
luton. This was repeated until the
hair was thoroughly srerilized Then
/ about fifty hairs were clipped off with
a pair of scissors and were laid in soak
in a neutral solution of sodium cblOr-
ide.
The next thing done was to render
| the bald spot on the scalp thoroughly
aseptic. This was done by almost The
same measures as those used to sterl-
ize the hair.
After applying an anaesthetic spray
to the surface to be operated upon d.
Hodara picked up an instrument know
as a scarifier and drew it horizontal!
across the bald patch. The result Was
six little cuts through the surface Of
the scalp. Changing the direction Of
the instrument. DIR. Hodara then made
another set of inCisiOns at right angles
until the surface o. the scalp appeared
to be cross-hatched with little cuts.
The slight hemOrrhage which result
ed was easily controlled, and Or. HO-
dara then took up pair of small for
eeps and began to select a hair. Pick
ing up one by the middle. he held I
in the forceps while he clipped it with
scissors at each end until the resulting
bristle was about an inch and a nall
long and was blunt at each end.
A quick look through a powerful
lens showed the doctor that he was
holding the hair right end up. for
hair has a skin to it that lies in scales
like the bark of a palm tree. Then ne
selected place where two cuts crossel
, and into the incision inserted the hai'.
Wherever the cuts crossed each othe.
on the bald spot DR.. HOdara inserted
a clipped hair, and then inserted some
OF those that remained in the inter
mediate spaces. When he had Hnlsnea
the bald spot was sparsely coVerf
with little bristles of hair.
Then a dressing was applied, and tne
patient was instructed under no c.f-
cumstances to remove or even disturb