Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18

gone. We do no grating from volun-
teers to our patients They supply
their own materials because II has
to he living. II is done practically
without pain, excepting in the cases
where we remove bone and car
tilage for jaw making. In these cases
the patient experiences annoyance in
his lungs for a few days, but abso-
lutely no pain where his face Is being
restored Ears are comparatively sim
pie to replace. as cartilage can be
shaped and worked with as easily as
putty. almost
Il was told of one painless and most
remarkable method used for restoring
skin TO the face of an aviator, which
has been completely scorched when
his airplane caught afire. The skin
from his chest was lifted and his head
held down so that his face might he
"plastcred." so to speak. When the
living skin was grated II was cut
away from the shoulders. The next
morning the man complained because
there was lump in his pillow. He
lad no suffering. on the second day
he hurrahed because he would never
have to shave again.
Private Riley - remember that
name, because you are most likely to
hear of 1t often after the war-Riley
was In the battle of the Somme. A
Bosche shell was there, too. 1t was
at night and there weren't any
stretcher bearers in sight when Riley
came to. He staggered back five miles
to a casualty clearing station leaving
on the field two hands. his teeth. his
nose and all of his face from ear to
ear and from Adams apple to fore
head. That was two years ago.
Outside of That
a r., ha ,,lo
to put his tongue again-by a miracle
his tongue and eyes had not been
harmed. He has two jaws made of
bones wired under his ears so that
they are answerable to muscles An
other bit OF rib-bone is the foundation
for his nose now shaping nicely His
lips, with perked up corners, will have
mouth membrane for redness. A fine
set Of painless teeth are ready for
anchorage to his rib bone jaws. Flesh
from fatty parts of Riley's body are in
his Jaws and checks, sewed together
like bits of fur in coat. For skin
q belt was taken from one ear across
the top of his head to the other ear,
and, while still fastened at the ears,
was pulled down over his face where
IL is today The skin in this belt that
was not needed was restored to his
head, and Riley's only dsfiguration
Nh'll il' itdNNs VIC lOSpAipi WIN Nv q
rectangle of badness on the top OF
his head. These hair roots are now
on his jaw. a toupee will make him
complete again
OF course. Riley now doesn't re-
somble Riley of before the battle Of
the Somme. Few patients with en-
trely made-ove faces retain any for
mer characteristics. Specifically they
are strange men, even to themselves.
The facial operations have ridges
and Jumps that disappear entirely
after repeated incisions. This makes
restoration slow. Several months are
necessary for simple cases of bone
grating. Some men, anxious to work
or get back to the front, refuse to stay
long enough for final beauty touches.
The surgeons regret this, as each
abrupt leave-taker is an unfinished
job.
Pretty Good Record.
Queens hospital has transformed
from wrecks to human beings nearly
six hundred men since its esta blish
ment in the summer of 1915. 1t has
accommodation for $50 officers and
men, in grounds spacious and en-
closed. and has additional beds in
nearby hospitals that make it's capac-
itv 1850 patients. Besides new wings
are being built. Only men in British