The Forrest City times., 1911-01-13
Lengthening of Bones and Mend-
 ing of Veins.
Most Interesting of Advanced Meth ods Applies to Stimulating of Os- seous Growth Artfieally by
 injecting FormaIn.

New York.-Limbs may be length ened by stimulating the growth of the bones and cut arteries repaired with metal rings something in the manner adopted in joining water mains, ac- cording 10 methods Of the new surgery described in the current medical journals
 One of the most interesting of the advanced methods applies to the stimulation of osseous growth arti- deially by injecting formalin This is a solution of the gas formaldehyde used as disinfectant and preserya- tive. and the liquid has been em- ployed not only in it's pure state. but in the two per cent solution.
 The experiments which have been conducted so far by Dr R o. Meisen- bach are described by him in the Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, and there is an editorial upon them in the Medical Record of this city Doctor Meisenbach conducted his expert ments on the legs of rabbits, selecting usually the right tibIas and using the left as control or means of com pairing results.
 He also ayailed himself O. mechan- ieal means, but the most satisfactory results were obtained with the formalin injections It is saIi the in troduction of the solution which also has high antisepue qualities stimu. lates the secretion of lime from tEe fbrous tissue which covers the cartilage and thus builds up the bone.
 If this method should be applied 10 human beings. il might be of great value, and the medical authorities think such an application Of the dis eoyery Is far from remote
 II is held that the formalin stimu- lation may serve as a stepping stone to new method of treatment in bone cases which have hitherto baffied the skill of surgeons Bones which have stubborn compound fractures might thus be made to reunite, and limbs which are abnoTmally shortened through the arrest Of the growth of bone, as is so frequently the case in children after attacks of infantile paralysis, could be heightened
 The discovery might extend even to the treatment of tuberculosis of the bones and 10 various diseases which affect the framework of the body There are numerous cases where per sons who have broken arms or legs are crippled permanently even witt all the attention which skilled surgery can give, and were it possible to ere ate new bones at the places where | is required many a limp would D. avoided
 The modern surgeon, there.ore, b, taking thought may yet be able to adc 10 the stature Of man he result. have been very encouraging. accord ing to the scientific reports, for som, of the best of them were obtained b, only one injection of the formalin.
 Joining of the ends of partat artery by the use of rings of tn. metal magnesium Is described in tn, i last number of the Journal of tn, i American Medical association by Drs Y. Lespinasse. c Carl Fisher an J. Eisentaedt, in an article descriy tive of their work in the departmen of experimental surgery in the North western university medical school They acknowledge the assistance n Drs. Zeit. Wolfer. Violet. Deason an, | Solomon
 The vessel had been clamped a either side of the cut. and the end se~ed into holes in the magnesium rings. The tissue is secured frmlY and the two fiat rings are fitte against each other and bound togetf CT by Rassing silk thread through tn holes in the rims This is only