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Show oo SLASHES SKIN FROM SELF TO GRAFT ON WIFE: . I T BBBBBBBjW40pPjafi9l9jRV ph. vnd nt oRi.wno P. Si 1TT. By i:iY Vlil) M. THiriiltV N I". Staff Correpiindtiit. CHICAGO. Dr. Orlando P Scott cut 12 sou ir.- lnche3 of skin from his 1 thigh and grafted It on his wife s foot . and ankle. He jierfonned the amazing double ,-i.t him m If without even a lo- I eal anesthetic. In the American hos-1 pltal here, while physicians, Internes I anl nurses looked on with adnilra-: ' tion. Hurt" I'll say It did'" Dr. Scott said, when he had recovered from a: fainting spell following the operation.' and sat calmly smoking a cigar. Mi Scott svas hurt in an automo-1 bile accident. Her right log was brok-: on In five places and flesh was( stripped from It. She refused to have, I a stranger oj ernte. Skin-grafting was decided on to avoid amputation. |