Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-18 | Page 26 | Grafting Pigskin

Grafting Pigskin A young girl having been so badly burned on the back that the skin rc fused to heal the surgeon conceived the Idea of using the cuticle of a young pig A small black pig was obtained chloroformed chloro-formed into Insensibility and brought into the operating room swathed in stpr lllrfd towels rhe skin was laid on In small pieces until It covered the hare space It was then secured by bands This IB the fIrst operation of the Kind undertaken It Is not expected however how-ever that the pigskin will grow permanently perma-nently to the child but that natural cuticle will finally push It out of the way and cover the entire ound London I Lon-don Globe I