Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-08


ara made IKE new. and where sol-
sssers features are restored ~ means
oe pEaassc ug@ary. wonsle ffsfl aslvaaacess
ii wlaach have been brought shout ~
tha neeagsiEies 0f the war
TAEs surgery % rslSsad
id tha a0at hsanns ne ard sEeialg
york balne dDpe eveTx day II the
plastic surgery ward ct the F0se dc
Henry hespttal, WHARF, those unfor-
tmnase men az the A. 81 F, who have
asssk only been wounded bus sadIy dis
figured, are restored as nearly as
possible. 10 their nognlaI appearance.
An i rule. after the snrgsOn's work
b d0ma only feu comparatively
minor scars are left ~ evidence 0f the
sacrtnces mads ID the great CONFLICT
Noses are grated on. lips and eye
br0ws made from the scalp, deer scars
removed and many ether wonderful
things done I'd make thu soldier pre-
sentahie. The science has been
brought 20 i high stage OF perfection,
and although the local ward has not
hesn operating long enough 90 conn
plete any Of these cases. many o. the
patients already show marvellous i'm
proyement. The work Is very tedious
and requires varying number Of op-
eratfons. Each case II carefully plans
ned IN advance and taken through the
successive steps By q star Of highly
skilled surgeons.
Much 0f the plastic surgery or
.sDeaalty docforing was done right
on the battlenelds Of France where
the surgeons had the opportunity
iEO watch the healing Of the wounds
and To prevent Disagreement as far
Is possible. The work being done at
the historic fort hospital IL that which
could not be taken care Of over there
.aueg being old wounds, must be I'M
done aid healed anew.
WheD me patient ii one Of the many
array Hospitals Ii ready for the beau-
tifyigg process. HIS picture, life slze---
a takez and forwarded To the ward
Here II Ii turned over To one Of the
most interesting persons At the hos
pssai. Miss II. Ri Cook, Of Columbus,
Ohio, scaIptress of international
note, liz III charge of the aEt depart
ment "a the ward. and the work done
here lii as remarkable as the surgery
Itself Miss Cook ia giving her serv-
Ices ID the government lii his work,
and il soon ID have an assistant In
the person 81 Mrs. Richards, Of New
york. Her daty at this stage Is TO-
make d pencil sketch from the picture,
allowing the wounds I'D detail. This ~
given to the surgeons, and upon the
anrsgai Of the patient. watarcolor
portrait ii painted a plaaaer os paris
cast of the face og the soldier II taken
and ne Iii then ready to SO On with the
tf0n. From this time on, follow
ing every operation. the pictures and
casts are made and kept az 3 perma-
nent record of the case They will be-
forward 10 Washington when the
work haa progressed far enough to
complete some O9 the cases. Miss
Cock hmg complete studio istted out
foF her work, and there II quite = re-
nsarkaOle display around the walls Of
khe room.
The soldier is then put under the
isrst operations, and these are of a
large variety. depending upon tbs ma
fure az tha wound For instance,
wllere the nose has been Shot away, a
pieces og bone from the rib o. q bit
'0a cartilage from some part 81 the
patients body Ii grated on and left
ia hsaI. Later operations will trim
this ID shape anc c0ver It with skin,
tlse snrgeona carefully following the
eone0ur Sc the face and dupiicating, as
closely as they can figure ont. the
mans own nose The work 81 con-
llned entirely to the face ana head
AgOr George o. schaeifeF. fOrmer-
h saTgeon and ays specialist % Co
Iuralas c., Il IA Charge of the de-
par9ssens under Col. p BiaiF, who
81 III the naaa of tie Maxirniia0 "a
cias aAryace for the whole army. Coli
one1 HlaIf was senior c0nsultaxlE for
esas servtce ID France and Major
sIaeffex the junior, Major SeAasEfer is
Eseed ny CAPS. agh WE Brent, Of
Aassnaoss. Capt. n. A DurAkfns md
GaptalA raw. Of the saFgical
star asyesaa az TIE operations have
been done b. Colonel Blair persona Ily,
although 81 Il not stationed as the
hospital There are also tvalve
nurses, picked especially. WHO care
slOx slae naean
A ccnnplese dental aEaa. hsaAad pr
MAJOR Heckard, os NeS FORK ard
Major Buell. II required b take care
og lowS aw fractures aA sasnssi
work that Isas b aev greatly
ia the pest gex pears s1nOna tie pro-
nun re facs @ SiAs gance
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