The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
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An epoch-making operation consisted in fur
nishlng crippled girl with a new and workable
knee Joint. This was performed by DR.. Erich
Iexer Of the University of Koenigsberg, Prus-
ia
The GIRL who was eighteen years old. had
ankylosis OF the right knee joint which made II
absolutely impossible for her 10 bend the joint.
All treatment had failed TO improve II In his
hospital DR.. LeIer had old man OF eighty
suffering from gangrene Of the leg, condition
necessitatng its removal The bone was in per-
iectly good condition.
He made vertical incison In the girls knee
carefully dlssecting the tissues away from the
bone and then sawed out the stiff Joint Pre-
yiously he had removed the corresponding part
the smaller knee OF the girl he pared it down TO
the necessary size. The bones that were to be-
brought together were prepared with peculiar
indentations that fitted into one another.
DR.. LeXer placed the old mans joint IN the
cavity in the girls knee and closed the incis.on
quickly with a dozen sutures The old mans
bone appeared to derive youth and elasticity
from the tissues OF the young girl In a few
weeks she was able TO use her knee just we'll
as before she was crippled She danced grace
fully and performed her home duties success
FULLY.
DR.. A. L, Nelden, OF New York, excited great
interest by offering 81 900 for a man who would
give up ear TO replace that OF patient who
had lost his own. Many hundreds OF offers were
received from those willing 10 sell their ears
and finally OF them, named John Pierce,
was selected.
II was necessary for the person giving the
TO lie alongside the to be fitted with the
new ear each having his head in the opposite
direction TO the other The upper attachment
Of the good ear was slit and sewed upon the
earless patient. AS the cut healed and circula-
tion started. more OF the was slit and sewed
upon the earless man, the ear being twisted
half about so that it would set properly In the
end. Little by little the ear was cut from the old
owner and sewed upon the new until the final
separation made.
The operation was entirely successful tt
lasted two weeks, and the heads OF both per
sons were kept in plaster casts. Boards were
strapped across the bodies TO hold them to-
gether
Dr. Harold Hays, Of New York. recently re-
ported having fitted noseless man with a new
nose made from his ninth rib. He removed two
and a'half inches Of bone from the rib then split
IL lengthwise. Unfortunately. during the opera.
ton the doctor dropped the piece Of rib on the
moor. He washed IL carefully in bichloride OF
mercury, and in the end this did not interfere
with the success OF the operation
The bone was neatly trimmed to make n good
straight nose. An incision was then made from
the forehead down 10 the place where the tin
or the nose ought to be. The bone was inserted
and the flesh closed over II with silk suture
The FOUND healed completely in eight DAYS and
the patient was permanently relieved OF the dis
tgurement that had made his life miserable.