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Show tied, and great loss of blood inevitably results. All the flesh and muscles outside out-side the scapula are removed before the scapula can be separated from the shoulder Joint, The operation was made necessary by a diseased condition of the bone, caused by a bruise, several years ago. Mrs. Lenzi had a limb amputated about a year ago from the same disease. dis-ease. Her recovery is expected.. TheV scapula will be sent to the Johns Hop-' kins university to be placed in the surgical sur-gical museum. SCAPULA I f RMVED I Rare and Delicate Opera-I Opera-I lion Is Performed Upon a Woman. A surgical operation, remarkable for Its rarity and delicacy, and the first of Its kind ever performed In Utah, was euccessfully completed at St. Mark's hospjtal yesterday. The operation was upon Mrs. John A, Lenzi of Park City, and was performed by Dr. H. A. Pinkerton. It Involved the ' removal of the scapula, or shoulder blade, and required .four hours of 'extremely 'ex-tremely trying and delicate work to accomplish ac-complish the task. ' The operation is of the most delicate knqwn to moderns,mirgery, as the ar-terles ar-terles must be cut before they can, be |