A MUCH-ENDURING GIRL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 325, 4 December 1880, Page 2

A MUCH-ENDURING GIRL.

The agony a lady must have suffered who resides in l Ballarat and who has been made the subject of experimental surgery, may be imagined from thefollowing extract from the Star ;—“ She had, some years ago, broken one / of her collar-bones, which would not set, without a portion of the bone being sawn off. This was done ; but even then the bones refused to knit, and then the other piece of bone'had to be sawn, and yet they would not bind together except by drilling holes in the bones and fastening them by pieces of wire. The • ends of the wire were not properly fastened, and after a I’ttle-while forced themselves through the flesh ; her clothes etching on them, they had to be clipped. Stil I more pain and suffering. The wire commenced to corrode, and the flesh had once more to be cut and the bon? tampered with. A gathering had formed under it, and a silver pipe, had to be inserted. The flesh was allowed to grow around it, and , yet another operation had to be undergone before it could be extracted, The unfortunate girl is now very ill, and it is doubtful weather she will live much longer to undergo further agony.