ANOTHER SURGICAL FEAT
NEW GULLET SUPPLIED
[By Electric Telegraph.]
London, April 26,
Professor Lexer, of the Jena University, at the German Surgeons' Congress, detailed the construction of an entirely new esophagus out of a piece of intestine, of which outer skin was grafted.
The organ had been destroyed by sulphuric acid, the patient, a woman, having attempted suicide. The burns reached from the pharynx to the stomach. The woman is now taking solids and fluids. <■'
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2783, 28 April 1911, Page 2
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75ANOTHER SURGICAL FEAT Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2783, 28 April 1911, Page 2
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