Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-17
FRENCH SURGEONS ACHIEVEMENTS
MAY MARK NEW ERA IN SCIENCE
Especial Correspondence of The
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/ Especial Correspondence of The
Argus.)
New York. Oct. 17-Have scien-
fists at last found the tabled foun-
tain of youth? After centuries Of
theoriz1ng surgeons have coma
forth with an answer In an ad-
dress to prominent surgeons gath
cred at the French congress- of
surgery, DR.. Serge Voronoff,
Russian, who was formerly con-
nected with the Rockefeller insti-
tute, the other day revealed the de-
tails of series of experiments by
which he succeeded in infusing
youth into the veins of the aged.
The cable telling of this event
was greeted with unusual interest
by physicians and laymen here.
Prominent American physicians
who have followed the experiment
Of DR.. VorOnoff and have been &C
lively engaged in solving the rid
die, which heretofore seemingly
found solution in books of fairy
tales only, asserted that the Rus
sian surgeons discovery is open
ing up new era in the field Of
surgical practice.
DR.. Voronoff's experiments, which,
he says, resulted in the rejuvena-
ton of q man Of so years, is the
climax of a series of experiments
which for many years have been
engaged in by some of the worlds
foremost surgical experts.
DR.. Voronoff's method consists of
replacing the glands re aged or i'll
persons with healthy glands from
young animals. These new glands
soon become an integral part of
the body and begin to supply new
vitaliZing fluid.
AS an indication of the practical
bility of DR.. Voronoff's ideas, sur
gical writers point to the fact that
many cognate discoveries are now
employed in surgical operations.
TranspIanting Animal Organs.
1t is now a common practice of
skilled surgeons to transplant or
gans of beasts to the bodies OF men
suffering loss Of organs, thereby
aiding them to resume their nor
NAL existence. In the course OF
the war surgeons actually replaced
the features Of soldiers disfigured
by shell fire.
Ten years ago a prominent Brit
ish surgeon revealed the details of
a series Of experiments which
showed the feasibility of trans |
planting masses of fat from the
bodies of animals to that of man. |
These experiments practically rev.
olutionized the field Of plastic sur
gerry. They made possible the re-
Ill AR
away by disease or accident Sew
eral years before that DR.. Czerby, |
German physician reported to |
the German surgical congress how
he succeeded In replacing a part !
which had to be removed because |
of dangerous disease.
Other attempts had been made |!
by surgeons to correct deformities :
Of the face by application of parts !
taken from the bodies of animals. !
In one instance a surgeon succeed
ed in increasing the size of a mans |
face by the addition of animal It's /
sue. The removal of unsightIy |
scars from human features has al
most become a surgical common
place.
Surgeons are now testing theI
practicability Of replacing tuber-
cular joints in men and women |
from animals, and so far they have !
met with surprising success. 1t |
has been found that in the early /
stages of the application trans
planted tissue adheres to the
nerves on which it is laid, and in
time becomes an integral part of |
the human body.
Transportation Of bones from
the bodies of animals to the human
body has been successful, and re-
cent experiments in this new field
have been a great factor in the rev.
of orthopedic surgery.
DR.. c. H. Mayo, a prominent
American surgeon. recently per-
formed an operation in which he
used ivory to replace fractured
bones. This was initiated by other
surgeons with uniform
success. That foreign bodies may
live permanently in the living It's
sues OF the human body is already
an established fact in the field OF
surgery.
Surgical history shows clearly
that hetedoplastic transportation
of bones from animals is not en-
tirely a recent practice. There is
record of it's use in the Civil war.
DR.. John Meeken was called upon