The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-13
ENTER HOSPITAL
AS VOLUNTEERS
Two Men Offer Skin for Graft
ing Operation to Help Save
Life of Tricc.
MANY OTHERS READY TO AID
Volunteer in Another Case Says
Spirit of Humanity Should
Appeal to All.
MANY OTHERS READY TO AID

Skin from two men will be cngraft-
ed 10 day on J. Il. Tricc, q patient since
December ~ in Memorial Hospital. and.
after this other operations will be per-
formed at intervals. until the. patient
has been sufficiently supplied With the
needed cuticle.
Five or six men. II was stated ycstcr-
day. have offered to give skin to Mr..
Trcc. and two OF the volunteers who
were accepted entered the hospital
yesterday. Forty or nifty square inches
OF cuticle viii be taken from their
thighs and implanted on the burned
surface OF Mr.. Trces body. The opera
ton is not dangerous. and often the
patient from whom the fresh supply is
taken is able to leave the hospital in
Il day or two.
In skin grating only the outer
layer Of skin is taken. Sometimes II
fails To take" and the operation has
To be repeated. If successfully i'm
planted. tho new layers gradually grow
together. and the foreign skin becomes
part OF the physical structure Of the
body on which it has been cuGraftcd.
! Mr.. Tr!cc, II was stated yesterday,
has much improved during the last
month. and If the skin grating opera
tons continue to be as successful as
they have been. he will recover But
IL will he six months or year before
he Will be able TO leave tho hospital
Once a Volunteer.
George NJ. Jackson. Jr. sales man
aSer OF Il Western supply house, who
is at Gilbert's Hotel. said yesterday
. that hc once volunteered for q skin
grating operation that saved boys
life. He did. so without pay, being ac-
| tuated solely by feeling OF sympathy.
AS ono who has been Il volunteer
and given nfty-four inches OF skin
! Tor the healing OF a similar burn,
am amazed to read that TWO small
I boys. not yet in their teens. have twice
gene under the knife To aid him. said
Mr.. Jackson. This was reference to
his own sons Any one who has been
volunteer can appreciate the love for
their father, and the sacrifice they
have MADE for his recovery.
I'm the case in which was a vol
untecr. there were forty responses TO
tho call. ten were selected and tho
skin was taken from four OF US each
giving about fifty inches The patient
was boy OF six years. the immediate
family had all been operated on to
savo his life, and In the second opcr-
alton, which resulted in his complete
recovery, the volunteers we're nearly
all strangers TO the family.
The facts are that the operation
is painful, but not any more painful
for fifty inches than for twcnty-five.
that tho volunteer Viii be sore AMI
som<vhat inconvcnicnccd in getting
! around for week or two. That's the
I cost The reward is that sense OF sat
isfaction in having done q humane. un-
selfish. impersonal. worthy act, and In
The knowledge that when you have
given yourself the acid test you have
placed q desire 10 be truly helpful
above every other consideration.
Surely there should be plenty OF
responses TO this call--cnouEh 10 per-
riit tho physicians TO make a selcc-
tioa from It large number ana to use
those who would he the least ncon-
venicnced In their necessary work, and
who arc best qualified by nature TO
make tho sacrifice.
From carly Observation-Disclosures
was born ia Kansas-Iny parents have
frequently referred TO their parcntaGc,
tracing IL lack TO Kentucky and Nir.
gina, and IL a way that gave me n
sense OF pride in my connection with
state that has given the nation so
many noble men. Surely there is
enough responsive manhood here TO
give Mr.. Tricc an Immediate RELIEF
without monetary cost and without
further call on his little boys"