Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

Mz8N, INCE her fall upon the treacherous ice the
@NSgsN girls knee had grown absolutely lmmoble.
o6>S 1t had ankyosed into a solid length com
IZ22SN pletcly celebrating the function OF the
NS@V joint. And now, instead of swinging from
VI&SN the hips with careless, easy stride she
&NSM stilted along with the stiff lack OF grace OF
@UOSW the cripple she
The nf1ammatory process had COM
petey destroyed the secretng power of those trans
parent membranes that surround the joints (the syn
OVAL sacs) and no longer did they pour out their
hered, the bonv cells by that cruel principle known
exostoss raitied into the Joint TONED their fellows on
the other side of the knee and finally soditied the
member into rigid mass of bone.
Frauleln Rosa, with the arrogance OF youth had al
ways been proud of her free swinging step, her erect
carriage and the dominating confidence that radiaed
from her perfect pOse and her aggressive good health
But their old family physician had declared that
surgery or medicine would avail to the
of her knee. And the world, which had always seemed
so full of glad things, now lowered upon her.
Yet something deep down IN her soul refused to &C
cept crppledom Some part OF that hope that springs
eternal in the human breast called out of the darkness,
and led her the foot of the hill of blind faith nshe
knew not what
And then one glorious day. the doctor told her in his
homely, hearty way of great discovery that
shaking the foundations of the scientific world
"Yes it is possible to get you new knee in place of
useless member Professor Erich Lexer and Others
among the worlds great surgeons have succeeded in
transpanting and migrating portions OF bone from
healthy individuals, killed crippled by acct
dent into tubercular injured structures and the
bones grow in their relation as sclons would on
sound tree. The operation promises success OF course
you realize that if the strange bones fail to unite you
must lose your leg If decay of the bone (necross)
supervenes, must amputate. But it is worth the
hazard"
To the girl it was worth any chance have the free
dom of movement she had once known. There
risk she not willing to take as long the good doctor
thought it worth while. He warned her that she
would have endure much suffering, that she would
have be infinitely patient, and she only smiled. All
she could think of being strong and well and free
And when the doctor explained to her what the wonder
full discovery was, and its significance, she listened be-
cause she knew it gave him pleasure to explain, and
not because she wanted to hear. Yet it should have
thrilled her, especially:
"Ihe life principle, the biological soul, resident in
every minutest cell of the body has been found be
immortal Could healthy tissues, cartilage,
organs be ransplaned from bodies that no longer
CURED their service into living structures to bodies
that could noursh them they might grow in their
relation and thoroughly adapt themselves to their
change of owners great deal more the garrulous
doctor told her: Of the possibility of passing certain
groups of cells down from old to a child, and
from that child when he grew up to another child; and
SO on without end, thereby perpetuating life as long
climatic and other conditions permitted the human
organism to exist this planet.
1t was difficult for her to comprehend his reasoning
it all strange unusual But her mind followed
laboriolsv the feetness of her SOUL grasping some
The doctor would take her to Professor Lexer himself
And so, with bashul diffidence that her kindly old
friend helped out best he