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Show Mitallie Flesh and Bom Used for Artificial Ears Metallic flesh and bent made from tantalum are providing new , ears and rehabilitating torn nerves I and other tissues for thousands of 1 persons, Dr. Clarence W. Balke re-I re-I ported to American Chemical so- clety. Artificial ears hive been grown on frameworks of tantalum wire, and more than 5,000 skull Injuries have been repaired with tantalum plates. I Thousands of severed or injured ( nerves have been made sound again I with tsntilum foil, ind literally miles of wire have been used for j surgical futures, Dr. Balke re- J ported. i Tantalum Ii called "biologically acceptable" since body tissues ad-! ad-! here to and grow over the metal Both tantalum and columblum are 1 completely non-irritating to living tissue, and they are not made Irrl-I Irrl-I tatlng by pathological or disease ' conditions within the tissues. ! Implants of tantalum gauze are used where muscular or other soft , tissue is either milling or has been 1 i removed. Final repair of recurrent hernia and closure of abdominal walls after cancer removal are ouV standing illustrations. |