| Show PROGRESS OF SURGERY A arlew of done bono grafted into a arm ann done bone grafting isajew is a new thing and the surgical world is slowly and cautiously feeling its ita way toward pronounced opinions about its propriety and safety as a remedial medial ie measure nier mure the first operation of the kind made in san ban francisco was performed recently upon a lumberman named smith and it gives such promise of success its as to eD encourage courage both the operator and the subject smith was rolling logs in a sawmill on kin kins kings s river when a bi big spruce log lo 10 b became I 1 loosened and f ft L 11 upon hurl him break ing in ins his ri right 0 ht arm arin at a point thie tin clinches in e bics below tho the shoulder joint the fracture was wai dressed but in a few days smith lebroke the partially joined bone and acting in on advice went to san fran franisco isco and I 1 himself to a college pr lessor who lias has a reputation for surgical skill after due du study of the caso case the professor decided that in bone grafting graf ting TIIE THE LETTER A INDICATES I 1 HE PORTION OF GRAFTED RABBIT BOXE BONE rested smiths only chance for a useful arm the process of making such a graft graf t as described by the examiner is neither ion ions nor complicated A healthy rabb rabbit it is taken and thoroughly washed in soap and water the beast is then saturated as to the hair with a solution of corrosive sublimate in water to destroy any poisonous germ which amigh C have remained remain cd in the coat the rabbit being perfectly aseptic as it is called is trilled hilled by a blow on the neck and the surgeon surg eon lays bare with a scalpel the lon longbone C of the hind leg lec the bone is cut C ut f from rom its place with pliers and thrown n into a vessel f till full of the corrosive sublimate and all is then ready for the actual grafting the patient is then given ether until unconscious and in such a case as that of smith the arm is freely incised over the spot at which the break occurred 1 amien hen the bone is fully exposed the ends of the fragments aie well scraped or if necessary bits are arc cut away so that the ends shall present lean clean new nen surf aces when the scraping in is finished the wound is thoroughly cl washed with an antiseptic solution the washing extending to every part and bein being continued until tt is certain that no particle of unsound flesh or bone remains then the rabbit bone is quickly pounded up in a mortar into f fragments rag which are thoroughly 0 ni washed with wit lithe the mercurial solution and with the fragments of rabbit bone the space between the ends end of the broken bone in the arm of the patient is packed A final douche of antiseptic fluid is given and the wound is closed and left under light dressings the arm being fastened to a splint if all goes well is little or no inflammation flam mation evidences evidence of healin healing gr are at once shown the rabbit bone is partly absorbed ab orbed and from the human bone are arc thrown out processes which enter into the bone material stolen from the rabbit mccod vessels are formed in the new material and in time a pew v and sound bono bone replaces that ai h vas vi as fractured and the maan man is resti rest i 1 to health and ability to make a living by manual labor |
