The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
New Faces for Old Ends
Horror of Disfiguremeni
Science of Manipulative Surgery, with Craft
ing of Skin, Cartilage and Bones,
= Is War Marvel.

Gao. to thsir proper pos'sss %
When I ssw Casey. his had vax
healing rapidly. He VIII have q bald
spot on his skull. like millicns Of
other people He now has q Afaos.
he can talk, and when the intsrior
has been ftted out with plates and
teeth. he win be able 10 eat solios
again On Caseyis face n q well
developed beard. II looked natural
enough, did not remark it especially
at nrst Then I remembered, and
turned to the doctor with an amassd
query.
Yes" he said" That n reality
hair. That piece Of scalp which n
now Jaw will keep on growfng hair,
As long as Casey lives, and a nns
beard II makes for him. Hs viii
have to trim It more often than oth><
men. that's all"
Instead of a horror from which men
turn their heads. Casey IA now a
whole man again. And he n very
happy. His fine black eyes smiled
during our talk; the miracle Of the
man seemed TO me as great as the
miracle Of the surgeon, though he
assured me that the operation was not
painful. and that he considered him
self very lucky beside the poor fei-
lows who lost legs or arms. that
the doctors couldn't make for them
again"
After the story Of Casey. ! need not
90 into details regarding other opera
tons almost as wonderful: new noses.
new cheeks. even new eyelids, all
made by transplanting bone and carti-
na1o -
ness as good as new.
The stan have at the hospital a
museum made up Of photographs and
drawings OF the most terrible and dIi-
fcult wounds they have had 10 deal
with: and. in each case, the patient
is photographed when he leaves the
hospital None Of the men whom I
met In the flesh at Sidcup need feel
shy about facing the world aFain.
This work is new: Il did not ex1st
/ before the war, excepting on q very
small scale as cosmetic surgery, car
ried out TO remove slight facial irreg-
ularities and disfgUrements. And not,
until the past year did the surgical
stan discover their ability TO perform
such marvellous operations. 90 that
many patients wounded early IN the
war are now coming back for further
treatment
The story Of the new science 90 one
Of slow beginnings. The chief sur
geon, a throat specialist before the
war. came in contract during his war
surgery in France in 1875 with the
face operations Of two American
surgeons attached TO the British
army, and with the beginnings Of the
new science in Paris hospitals. and
has since devoted all his time 70 ma
nipulative surgery in England.
The first work was done at the Cam
bridge Hospital in Aldershot where =
surgical and dental stan Of enthusiaE-
lists was slowly gathered; then In AU-
gust Of this year the charming old
country place OF the Earls Of Sidney
was turned over as a hospital for
facial cases, huts were built In the
| grounds, and all the men needing
operations great or small to cure fac
wounds are brought here. often ar
ter receiving first treatment in France
from the two American doctors, who
continue their work behind the lines
More than ZOO patients have passed
through the hands OF the surgeons at
Aldershot and SidCup: not one Of them,
has died. When all the huts are builE
and arrangements completed, sidcup
will accommodate $50 sufferers. The
medical authorities OF the Dominion
troops have arranged 10 carry on
similar work in close cooperation
with the surgeons at the central hos
pital.