A RESTORED SCALP.
“ The New-Haven Palladium says:— Miss Lucy A. Osborne, of New-Milford, whose scalp, right ear, and part of the right cheek were,tom off in September, 1874, by machinery in which her hair caught, and who has since been at a New York hospital, is now at home. A new scalp has grown upon her head by the grafting thereon of minute bits of skins. The pieces were contributed from the arms of the hospital surgeons. The total number of pieces used in this operation is 12,000. One ; of the surgeons contributed from his person 1202 pieces and another gave 865. The appearance of the scalp now is similar to that of a healed wound. Of course there can he no growth of hair thereon. The eyes still present a slightly drawn appearance. The wounds of the cheek and ear have been neatly dressed, the former leaving scarcely a scar. In the first of the grafting process, bits of skin the size of nickel pieces were employed, but not with good success, and at the suggestion of an English surgeon much smaller pieces were substituted, and with excellent results. 'Miss Osborne is now 22 years old.”
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Kumara Times, Issue 688, 11 December 1878, Page 2
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197A RESTORED SCALP. Kumara Times, Issue 688, 11 December 1878, Page 2
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