The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11
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the remains of the natural wall gradually adhered
to the artificial support
An experimenting operation consisted in fur
nishing crippled girl with and workable
knee joint. This was performed by Dr. Erich
Lexer, OF the University of Koenigsberg, Prus-
-ia.
The girl, who was eighteen years DID, had
ankylosis of the right knee joint which made it
absolutely impossible for her to bend the Joint.
All treatment had failed to improve It, In his
hospital DR.. Le1er had an old of eighty
suffering from gangrene of the leg, condition
necessitating its removal The bone was in per-
fectly good condition.
He made vertical incision in the girls knee,
carefully dissecting the tissues away from the
hone and then sawed out the stiff joint. Pre-
viously he had removed the corresponding part
from the old mans leg. In order to make it At
the necessary size. The bones that were to be
brought together were prepared with peculiar
indentations that fitted into another
DR.. Lexer placed the old mans Joint In the
cavity in the girls knee and closed the incison
quickly with dozen sutures. The old mans
bone appeared to derive youth and elasticity
from the tissues Of the young girl. In few
weeks she was able to use her knee just as 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 $4,000 for man who would
give up an to replace that of patient who
had lost his own. Many hundreds OF offers were
received from those willing to sell their ears
and finally one OF them named John Pierce
selected.
1t was necessary for the person giving the ear
TO lie alongside the one to be fitted with the
new ear. each having his head in the opposite
direction to the other The upper attachment
OF the good was slit and sewed upon the
earless patient AS the cut healed and circule-
ton started, more OF the was slit and sewed
upon the earless man, the ear being twisted
half about SO that 1t would set properly in the
end. Little by little the was cut from the old
owner and sewed upon the new until the final
separation was made
The operation entirely successful It
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 new
nose made from his ninth rib He removed two
and a-half inches of bone from the rib then split
1t lengthwise. Unfortunately. during the opera
ton the doctor dropped the piece of rib on the
floor. He washed it 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 good
straight nose An incision was then made from
the forehead down to the place where the tin
of the nose ought to be. The bone was inserted
and the flesh closed over 1t with silk sIture
The wound healed completely in eight DAYS and
the patient was permanently relieved of the dig
fgurement that had made his life miserable