The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-02


(which has given him q Nobel prize
among other hon6rs. The principle
upon which the arm grating operas
4 tion was attempted with such excel
1lent Indications Of success IS based
upon the correct union Of lceil tis-
lsues.
Physical life is based upon the
correct union and multiplication OF
Ecells of different kinds. each or.
1 which has a function Of its own to
perform Or. Carroll demonstrated
before Pasteur institute in 1911
that tissue taken from animal organt-
zation could be kept alive indefini-
Etely, and that while alive II could be
Joined successfully to the living
lceils of some organism and continue
Its growth.
DR.. Carroll conducted many ex-a
lperiments in the Rockefeller 1nsti-
itute to prove the possibility of theI
cell union in different organisms.
The heads and tails of two frogs
were cut off and the head Of one
grown upon the place Of tail Of thei
fother, and vice versa. Sliced parts
from two frogs were united to form
lone Individual animal. Small bits Of
tissue were ct,t from young chickens,
dogs and cats and put Into .splas-l
matte medium" in sealed juars and
kept at the temperature natural to-
the animal from which they were
taken. Instead Of dying. these tis-I
sues kept on growing. The "plas-I
matte medium, is another Of DR..
Carrell.s triumphs. 1t is the fluid
part Of the blood Of animals treated
with salt and kept at its proper tenn
Eperature.
Experiments have been made with
Jail Kinds Of tissue, including cartil-i
lage. periosteum. which is the skin
developing this bone from which all
bone cells multiply the bone itself,
marrow. gland, spleen, kidney and
many other parts Of the animal or
tganism, Allwere found to multiply
and produce other cells each Of its
kind. Kidneys continue to secrete.
liver to produce bile and hearts toI
beat as IL their proper body. Ex-
periments with organs OF human
beings, as well as lower animals.
gave the same general results.
Another Carroll discovery import
ant in the advance Of cicatrization Of
humanity is healing extratc which
ghastens the healing of a wound. I'll
is composed of the pulps and juices
of certain organs and tissues, chiefly
embryonic. When applied, a wound
healing which would ordinarily take
two weeks is accomplished III TWEEN
ty-four hours. "A bone that would
take six weeks to knit Is Joined in
Ave days, providing other conditions
are favorable.
The transplanting Of an ear with
its cartilage cut close to the skull, a
part Of the .iuglar vein and the glands
and neck OF the carotid artery from
one dog to another. successfully per-
formed several years ago, indicated
to DIR. Carroll the possibilities of hu=
man surgery typified in the grating
OF an arm. twas further demon
strated by the grating Of the hind leg
!, of dead dog to replace the broken
member of live dog: Ia dog. be-
longing to the Laboratory met with
an accident which crushed its hind
leg seemingly beyond repair. SO the
injured member was promptly re-
moved. A dog Of the same species
was secured, and painlessly put to
death. Its hind leg was amputated
and securely stitched in place upon
the live dog. The muscles were
joined, the nerves sutured and COM
plete circulation established within
!; three hours. 4.
= DR.. Carrell's discovery that the
cells in human tissues can be pre-
served indefinitely has already been
/ well demonstrated in all parts of
I the world. Most large hospitals now
i contain cold storage closets for hum
an organisms. Healthy tissue taken
I from human beings as result Of ac-
! cident is being preserved for use in
repairing all injured anatomies The
arm grating operation upon General
i Feher is said to. he the most import
= and yet undertaken on a human be-
ling, but since the casualties Of war
] give gruesome assortment Of hum
j an repair material many similar eff
forts will doubtless be speedily made.
Arm grating is in reality only an en-
t1arged form OF the skin and muscle
4 grating processes which are now per
formed in every hospital. Usually the
skin has been taken from some per-
son willing to donate 1t. Such dona-
4 tions are not always .attainable, With
the preservation Of human tissue for
such emergency use comes the pos
sibility OF cures formerly out Of the
i question. &
4 AT the last meeting of the Ameri-
can Medical Association a gold med
al was awarded to DR. George w.
Grille, az Cleveland, "as a physician
who has performed conspicuous and
noteworthy service in the DOMAIN of
medicine Dr. Grille has discovered
a source Of treatment preceding an
.loperation by which patient is for
4 titled against all the evils caused by
shock, which as frequently cause
death as the operation itself.