A SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH.
])r Alexis Carroll announces the repair of a broken leg- within four days, and the healing of a cutaneous wound ill one day. Wonderful results have been accomplished by the application of a thyroid extract, and the discovery is ~said to be the first .scientific triumph of 15)13. The proce-ss may become applicable not only to cases wliere the tissues have been divided, but also to larger areas, where the tissues have been absolutely destroyed bv disease. The discovery is the re■>ii It of speculation on the manner in which the cells multiply and affect tlio growth <>f tlie tissues, and Dr Carroll nrgii.es that it ought to bo possible to promote by artificial means proliferation of the cells, and consequent growth of the connective"tissue. Experiments upon live animals have succeeded far boyond expectations, and if they are any guide they prove that a wound which would heal under ordinary conditions only in -.0 days wdl under tho thyroid syot-e.n, Ira] in oa> dav.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 January 1913, Page 4
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167A SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 January 1913, Page 4
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