Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-28
YOUNG GIRL Gives
HER OWN SKIN To
SAVE CHILD'S LIFE
E::--s Alberta Lively, of Thom-
asviIIe, Sacrifices Her Own
Flesh and Blood to Save
rIrned and Dying Girl

Greater love hath no man than this,
that ne lay down his life for his friend"
said Jesus by the sea of Galilee, two thou
sand years ago, and today in the city
of Atlanta, upon a bed of pain. in an
institution erected to the greater glory o"
Him who uttered that sublime epitome
of altruism. and dedicated TO the service
Of suffering humanity there lies a young
woman who has fulfilled that divine con-
ception of self-sacrifce by literally giving
her own flesh and blood to save the life
Of a little child.
She is a heroine. She laid herself 3
living sacrifice upon the operating table
and allowed great strips of her own white
and bleeding skin to be torn off with
knives and pincers. to be engrafted upon
the BODY of a tiny girl who had been
so terribly burned that she was all but
dying 1t did not cost her life. for both
patients are rapidly recovering. under the
skilled ministration of surgeons AMI
nurses. But she was willing.
CHILD HORRIBLY BURNED.
1t all happened in the Wesley Memoria,
hospital, several days ago. Before Christ
mas. little Estelle Williams. Il lO-year-oid
girl from an Atlanta suburb was horri
bly, burned while trying to make a fire
in the hearth to warm her baby broth sr
and sister. She was carried, unconscious
to the Wesley Memorial. and there all the
skill of the experienced corps of physi-
clans and surgeons was brought to bear
upon the case. But the wounds We're so
extensive that they would not heal. The
little body had wasted away. ano the i'm
roverished blood had lost its power to sup
ply row tissues. She was getting weaker
and weaker. 1t soon became apparent
that no ordinary treatment would save
her life.
Then the house surgeon told the story
to Maj r. j. Quinn, superintendent of
the Wesley Memorial Sunday school, anil
asked hin to call for volunteers among
his pupils who would be willing to give
a portion Of their own flesh in order that
new skin might be grated upon the SUI
fering child.
There were four volunteers:
Fred Miles, city electrician.
Miss Annie Martin, so Luckie street.
Mrs Julia Atkins, 1909 Washington
street.
Warren Gambler Smith. SIS Garnett
street.
TAKE MET WOMAN CRIED.
But before one Of the volunteers could
be selected. it happened that Miss A.
berta Lively, a pretty 1S-year- old pupil
Of the Vashti school. at Townsville. Ga,
visited the Memorial hospital in Allan
ia, was brought face to face with little
Estelie Williams, whom she did not
now and had never seen before. Her
sympathy was aroused. and the nurses ex-
claimed the situation to her.
take me-" cried the young girl.
"You!" explained the surprised attend
lnts.
Yes" she said simply-and that was
all.
Shs was placed under the influence Of
ethei and the operation was performed.
1t was successful. Neither patient is yet
able to sit up, but both are doing well.
I and both are supremacy happy.
But it was not enough, and a day o.
/ two after the first operation, another
sacrifice being necessary, Warren Candlef
Smith was chosen, and submitted to 4
second operation, exactly like the first