Show FLESH GRAFTED TO SAVE CRUSHED AR ARM remarkable plastic surgery feat rescues limb campbell calif medical science has built a now new and living arm for robert Il Hel elstrom superintendent of the coast rock crushing plant liere here who last march had his arm torn away a ay in nn an accident at tho the plant while attempting to remove a rock from a roller arm was ft as pinned under a belt revolving at a high rate of speed ills screams enins were drowned by tho roar of ma iua chinery and lie he was BBS held field helpless white while the heavy leather wore ft ore away the alesh of his arm until it laid bare baie the bone only tho the arrival of closing hour saved the ahe mans life lie ile nas was rushed to a san francisco hospital and a remarkable experiment ment in plastic surgery was undertaken to 0 o save tits hla arm tendons were patched up and tied together and blood vessels closed temporarily so that they would permit the flow ot of blood later then incisions were made in tho the mans abdomen three inches long the strip of alesh remaining fastened itt at both ends to his body was rolled into a rope later it was v as cut antono at one end and still attained attached to the lib abdomen domen at the other grafted onto the bone of the arm when the skin had grown firmly to the arm so that the blood was circulating cu to that member the rope was cut loose front from the abdomen and the manufacture of the arm aria was nearly complete the nerves are the only thing that are arc causing anxiety helstrom Hel says but I 1 H la Is thought that they will build up and the brand new arm will be as useful as the old the attending doctors were dr R 11 graun of los gatos and drs 0 W pierce and 0 B oconnor san fran francisco cisco |