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Show . i BONE OF LAMB'S LEG I GRAFTED INTO MAN'S LIMB , Chicago. June 18. The grafting of a section of a bone from the leg of a i lamb Into the right leg of a, man was the rare surgical operation performed ; at the Frances Wlllard hospital yesterday. yes-terday. Docearl Townsend, an elevator operator, op-erator, was taken to the hospital several sev-eral days ago suffeiing from a compound com-pound fracture of the leg. The operation oper-ation was decided upon rather than amputation. Chicago surgeons say this Is the first lime the operation has been attempted at-tempted in America. |