The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-26

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| healthy kidney in place of the dis
eased one or he would die. He con-
scented. and | performed the operation,
having obtained a perfectly we'll kid
hey taken from the medical cold stor-
age vaults for the preservation Of
members of the human body intended
for grating purposes. All / knew
about the person to whom the kidney
had belonged was his name, Edouard
Gignoux, and that he had been killed
by falling brick while passing
building In process of erection.
THE operation was eminently sue
cessful, the patient gaining health and
strength rapidly. But hardly had he
recovered when he was run over by an
automobile and his right leg was so
badly crushed that it was found neces-
sary to amputate 1t. l performed the
operation and before doing So 1t &C.
curred to me that / might graft an
other leg in place Of the one removed.
| had learned that Antoine Charlier,
who had been convicted of murder,
was to be guillotined the day after
Mercier was injured. If / could pro-
cure bis right leg as soon as he was
executed and Immediately thereafter
take or the crushed leg / might pos
sibly substitute the one for the other
by small payment the leg / want
ed was secured within an hour after
Charlier was executed, and with DIR.
Arnot's valuable assistance l united it
'eo successfully that in time the patient
was able to walk on it with reason
able ease. OF course there was great
advantage in the mans youth, since
his vital forces were In prime condi-
ton for healing. During the union Of
the parts we were obliged to make but
one readjustment and that was where
an artery of the grated leg had not
been successfully united to that Of the
stump.
Pardon me, gentlemen, for taking
lup your valuable time with details con-
corning matters with which you are
ALREADY familiar. Time was when the
substitution Of knee or an elbow was
"a novelty; now we repair the human
body as carpenter replaces a portion
iof house or engrafts sections of the
tubes carrying the blood as plumber
lputs in few feet of lead pipe Be
sides, we have the same advantages of
material at hand as the builder or the
plumber In the human organs consist
ling of kidneys, lungs, stomachs, eyes,
ears and noses contained in our valua-
BILE collection kept as living organisms
In our cold storage vaults.
II now come to something worthy
E0f your earnest attention. Young Mer
eier had been discharged as a patient
but few days when received a visit
from Mile. Lucille Devereaux, who IN
formed me that Mercier, to whom she
was engaged to be married, was acting
strangely. | asked her In what respect
and she said that while he had been
studying the profession Of the law and
had been much interested in It since
my operations, though he was ready
to be admitted to the bar, he had
shown a great deal Of repugnance to
that profession and was hanging about
the theaters endeavoring to secure an
engagement as an actor.
"In a moment the idea that / an
nounced in the beginning OF my re-
marks flashed upon me. Could 1t be that
the young mans identity had been in
a measure affected by one or the other
OF the two persons whom he had Dor
rowed, of one kidney. Of the other a
leg? Putting the young lady of on
some pretext. went as soon as could
find time to the cold storage vaults
and consulted the entries made on the
record which you are all aware is kept,
of the human parts kept there. Eager
ly turned to the index for the letter
G and saw Gignoux, page 643. Find
ing that page and running my finger
down to occupation / saw in the
space left for the purpose the word
actor"
The establishment among the scien-
lists at this point and the many con-
Trajectory EXPLANATIONS were SO great |
that for time DIR. Marou was not able
to proceed. When quiet was restored
he continued:
my first thought, gentlemen, after
the profound interest took in my dis
coyery Of great scientific truth had |
abRted was one Of appEghensiop, The !