Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-02

given rs such II largo part i'm the scien.
tihc anu phil:inthronic sdes of the
european mur. only pcopic OF quick
.ympathics could have given as W..
.,:t>c, 40, onls CIR. ucst talents with
"a, payment but the lives or our
oun;. nl"n. i'or the conquest of typhus
"A serbia cost the lives Of two young
.harr,,:,n DnEs,eiths. Mc,iruder and
oouucly
Tie Americans who have given 50
generously 70 aIlay suffering in i:u.
rope have doubtless hccn impclicd By
various motives. Many. no doubt
think "f this hnncrca's chance TO
repay tn" debt that Lafayette laid upon
ns: while the sympathies Of others may
reach ia another direction But to the
american medical man tic war has
o"cn primarily An opportunity TO repay
~ service a deb, for inspiration.
france, Germany and England have
MI contributed ~ tho making OF Amer
ican medical science: and row that ii
nas evolved into something distinctive.
WIN practical part OF its own TO play
~ Inc world OF medicine. 1t IS going
back 10 Europe with TINS rs tribute.
Service Ccnicrs In Paris.
Tho center Of American medical SER
vice ~ Europe Is the American hospital
~ Paris " occupies ono floor OF 4
SCHOOL bri:,Inc. ';,u1 is maintained en-
ilrciN. hc'" hospitals ambulance and
al. h$ Americans. To this hospital
't'l'CIlCt mas .rNt such Harvey
Gushing. Of Harvard tho great brain
surgeon: George Grille. Of Cleveland the
dtscorcr"r II Nncci- y s.sociatiou: Rich!
ara li"r,c. Nho has made "a reputation
~ plastic surgery; Fred Alycc. tho nlan
Who has made u hone ,urEcrv i
Science a. incchauirtlly exact as high
Gradc cabinet work: ana iuamy other
men Of tho highest ability and rcpu.
tat'"n. All Of them have given thc;,
services without payment
IN" work Of Hart" and Alyce In re.
pairinr shattered human bodies has
hc"n pcrhap. tho most ScDytscular and
distinctive surgery ~ the war rho
work Of lisric III repairing noses and
cars. restoring 70 their former appear.
anc" faces which would have other
MS" been blasted for life. has been
pr"tty widely described. Loss -
known "f the equally wonderful work
done by Alv"c in rho repair 81 bones
\ typical hit uf his surgery was the
repair 81 bone cf tho upper arm.
which had been struck by shrapncI
ana tour inches ~ ,h" middle of II
horci"Ssly shattered. The arm healed.
but hung linn aud useless. 4, Wac
r"SsihI" :" twist il about like a rag
AlNec laid open the arm, and with
a tinN buzz saw, operated hy a motor
cut off the ends Of the bono squarc,y.
and mad" in each q long notch
through tho sides of which he drilled
holes. lie then lard open tho shin of
IN" patient. and took from tho shin
bon" section accurately sawed out
:" mat ~ would III into tho notches
h" had cut Tho shin bone. Of course
replaced itself Tho borrowed part
Was i'ted int" tho arm. fastened in
riA"c with pins "f bone fitted into the
drilled holes. and all made fa,, with
som" sort 81 thong which would nj.
iimhtclN h" absorbed. Tho arm was
repaired $" that IL was as good -.
ever. In Ike manner Nlvcc has made
jaws ont If ribs II" has worked an,
u Who'll" set nf tools Tor tho repair ~
nohes. ana MS cutting. boring. dow.l-
ing and hitting are accurate 10 The
hOndr"dth Of an inch. dcSpi,c the fact
/ that he works upon living human
body aud with pieces ~ tho .amc
u ~ 10 such men as Alvco tina,
'.nronoan surgeons have come to learn
thereby acknowl"dEi that tho United
states haS Won place cf its own in
the world Of medical science