The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-03
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.anliy s.,s aa ..scai th..s i- warrins
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Paris. nae; ycs,criay sa.s "~sr tnnt
200 coda, a s.ea ,E tscgiasd. most q
them ~ beds. each ssJcyisg aH o~"r
,nous s...,iquc,. and rac.. c-an'.ri"v tni
mirror.
This ig what thcy ,aiSes' a''rui'
'I've gct the .esi Wcse Z" ''d' ward
ani , cah pr,yc IL"
"Tf thcs give ise a .itw iite itcm
sons. they've got to dc IA ever"
My nov Jaw viii have more shai'
q; the chin. II used O. COME To- sue
point asked for little rounding
sniathos nhoOi Bawthlnt. yUu CAM
diany. bot have look. mon 81 ms lips
"The lioomin' slwbcncs says. WI
ver ave dimpies. me tad? Yer sho.
clean through the mud and twill be
an easy and fancy thing To give ye
di,nplcs where t,os. 'oieS be VIII Ne
ave cme' An I'll says. Garry on, doc,
an ,Vot rs YOU blokes gct 20 heNibii
,sot .as the swapk 81 me dimpies. Bfd
like 10 know.'
You see. these vain creatures are con
On ordinary war hospital. This ono
and It's staff will be celebrated all over
the universe when the war is over. and
many nf the patients. I dare say. vii
become farrgIs as exhibits in clinics.
This Queens Hospital In England, spec
,alzts an plastic ana ccsmcuc ssrgery
IN I'm. re=tnration cf faces after they
saye been stet i,ogn ~ burnt away
Each @. iisc pat.czcz therefore Is
medium for sculpture In flesh and bone
Little was achieved in plastic surgery
before the. war because o. the iniini
,osimai number OF victims of acri ient
.ha, DESTROYED faces without kini"-
Some strides had been made Ia cosmetic
surgery. Wrinkles could be eradicated
by removing skin and stretching the
remainder taut. One or the surgeons
at the hospital had made socailed Jew.
;sh noses straight al 5000 the opera
,ion. SThese operations they speak OF
as tribes now.
Before the war we knew that su-
perfluoUs flesh could he removed with
out danger-that obesity could be cured
safely by the knife" said one OF the
surgeons I'VE knew. too. that faces
could he completely altered and man
or woman made free from tleInish.
"what we have learned is the manu-
facture OF faces. and parts OF faces,
where flesh. bone and Cartilage were
gone. We do no grating from volun-
.eers to our patients. They supply
their oen materials. hecasse IT
has to bc living. II is done practically
without pain, executing in the cases
s.here We remove rib bone and cartilage
for jaW-makihg. ye these ezss<s the \
;.a:ies,t experiences annoyance IN his |
lungs f.r a few dsys. eu, absolutely !
40 pain where MIS- face Is ~eins restored. 1
ssars arr com pafstfrc@y simi-fe IN rt-}
place. as carthage can be shaped and
worked with as easily as putty
Was told OF one painless and most |
remarkable method used for restoring |
skin o. the face Of an aviator. which |
had been completely sccnched when his |
airplane caught fire. The skin from
ais chest was lifted and his head held |
down SO that his face might be 'plas-
tered" so to speak. When the iiving
skin WAS grated IL was cut away from
the shoulders. The next morning the
man complained because there WAS
stump IN his pillow. fie had no suffer
Ing Or the second day he hurrahcf
because he would never have "a shave
again.
Private Riley-rem eTnbcr that name
because you are likely 10 hear of II of
ten after the war-Riley WAS in the
battle OF the Somme. A Boche shell
MAS there. too. II was at night. and
there weren't any stretcher bearers in
sight when Riley came to. He stag
eered back five miles to casualty
clearing station leaving 0h the field
two hands. his teeth. his nose and ali
0f his face from ear to ear ard from
ADAMS apple To forehead. That was
;syo years ago.
Z, tIikca with Riley lie ,,rs a rsace
70 put his togEbc ngais-4.y Z miracle
s,is tongue and eyes had not been harm
I'd Hc i,as two jsxs name Of rib s.saes
wired under his ears SO that they are
snswcrabie to MUSCLES. Another hit Of
rib bone IL the foundation for his nose.
How shaping nicely. His lips. with
-.eried ur corners. will have mouth
membrane for redness. A fine set Of
.ainless teeth are ready for anchorage
20 his ribbcBe jaws. Flesh and fatty
,arts OF Rileys body are in his iaws
and checks, sewed together like bits of
fur 10 coat. For skin belt WIS
taken from one car across the top OF
ais head t. the other car and. while
stiil fastened al the cars was pulled
down over his face where II is today.
The skin ia this belt that was not
geeiei was restored to his head. and (
falegs only disfguraticn when he
s-aves the hospital will be a rectangle
q ba,fness on the top of his head.
Thee hair roots are now on his jaw
4 ioupee viii make him complete again.
Of course Riley now doesn't resemble
gney o. before the battle Of the Somme.
Pew patients with entirely madeover
face retain any former characteristics.
SuporiciaIy they are strange men. even
T. themselves
The faciai operations leave ridges
and Jumps that disappear entirely after [
incssions. This makes restora- (
t;on slow Several months are neces-
Sary for simple cases OF bone grating
some meR. anxious 20 work or to get 4
sack to the front. refuse TO stay long 1
enough for final beauty touches. The