Show experiments the new york medical association was m session last week and topics of interest were discussed among which dr treated tho subject grafting or as it is scientifically called the doctor showed that this art has long been practiced in tho vegetable kingdom and developed to such an extent that there is hardly ahny limit to be done th results in grafting animal tissue though less gratifying is however beins deeply studied by doctors with some success they have gone through a wide f range range of experiments and in some cases quite startling results have been accomplished the oculists have shown the world wonders by transplanting the cornea of the cat dog and rabbit to the eyes of human beings and the mucous membrane to tho conjunctiva for tho correction of deformity of sight tho result of eye troubles in infancy wherever the optic nerve is not destroyed quite happy result may be accomplished as it is fully demonstrated that the corves of the lower animals can bo successfully transplanted to the nerve stampa of man it is also proven hat the skin can be transplanted with good results dr testified in the convention to having successfully graft edthe elan of a chicken upon a two year old child more wonderful still dr bad succeeded in grafting the skin of a dead man 70 years old to the skin of a boy 14 years old dr WALKER had demonstrated that mucous membrane of frogs pigeons and rabbits could successfully cess fully be grafted so on we might mention numerous discoveries that have been made which tend to show the great progress in surgical science if the doctors succeed in grafting brain tissue a feature being studied by them this year there may be some truth in the expression grive a man a new set of brains much has been accomplished in tho past few years in the surgical profession rid much yet remains to be accomplished vet the day can not be far distant when much of the pain flesh is heir to will be removed by the skill of man |