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Show A Note from a Cat' Rib. A Decatur young woman has recently been operated upon successfully in a manner that will excite surgeons. Tha patient is a young woman who, when a child, had her nose broken, and as a result re-sult of the decay of the bones the bridge of the nasal organ had been completely lost. The patient was etherized and a transverse incision about throe-quarters of an inch long made directly between the eyes, extending down the bone. A small chisel was then introduced and all the soft parts separated from the bones, from the top of the nose to the forehead, and about one inch on either side of the median line out on the cheeks. When this had been done a half grown cat was quickly chloroformed and piecef of four ribs, each two inches in length, were taken from its side, rapidly cleaned of all superfluous flesh and then inserted into the wound so that they raised up the skin, thus forming a good solid bridge. The wonud healed in four or five days, and the slight scar is almost invisible. Decatur (Ills.) Cor. New York Herald. |