Show NEW HEW I METHOD OF I REUNITING SEVERED ARTERIES DISCOVERED Claimed Great Step Forward For ward in the Science of Surgery CHICAGO May 31 Dr Victor D. D Lespinasse of the Northwestern university university sity medical school told an alumni audi audi- enco cuco of physicians yesterday that he bad had discovered disco a a. surgical ical secret which may ann may do much to save lifo life and modify suffering In a broad sense he ho said that it is a successful method of reuniting reuniting in ing blood vessels and arteries and battling battling bat bat- arterial diseases To prove his claims were not mere theory tho the doctor caused several sC dogs dO 8 to be brought forth for fOT inspection Each Elich was WM cited cUed as a an example of a peculiar operation The Tho l livers lers ers had been removed remo and reunited in some of the do dogs s. s Lc Legs s bad bat been cut off and re rafted ted to others The secret Dr Lespinasse e explained consisted in his bis successful reuniting of several arteries Heretofore Dr Lespinasse says physicians have bavo been forced to resort to sewing sew lag ing to obtain tho the desired end The stitching method was unsuccessful because be boo cause it too often resulted in tho the formation formation forma forma- tion of blood clots the constriction of the arteries or their enlargement For 1 five vo years Dr Lespinasse tried to find a substitute for the tho needle and thread What is claimed to be the solution consists con consists slats of the use uso of rings rin of magnesium Tho The severed vessels are arc ro joined by t these rings or couplers In theory they do not differ from the couplers used by the fire department Magnesium is used because it readily dissolves when the complete union of ot the tho sev severed fired ends cads of ot the arteries has ta- ta place |