logical injuiies.

i‘. that he'd live.

by heat or cold.

Hand Grows To Ear

An incision ivns made behind his ﬁght cur nnii the flap applied to it. Till-ii again the young airinan_’s nrin “'11s put in a cast to hold ius hand absolutely still against the eur. In some four or five weeks it was nttzichvil, hand growing to ear via the thumb.

When the flap was cut away . this time ii shaving of cartilege ‘ . from Whitck ezir was taken with ii, nnil after “froshening up" the .i. e_ "ocket by cutting n little scar ti ue away, the cartilege went I into it. the wrinkled skin once covering a thumb joint now form-

ing eyelids.

There are hundreds oi‘ cﬂﬂi iusi as wonderful. The replace- ment of noses and ears has be- come almost a daily chore. broken necks — once considered fatal - are being healed daily, and new,

\ startling physical replacements 1,‘, are being conceived and per~ formed.

‘ ' One young Canadian flier had his hand badly frozen. The fingers

i, and most of the hand turned black. . The case called for amputation, hut the surgeon's job is to save. First the flesh, rotten almost to

the wrist, was removed and then the finger cnds and middle knuckles. But the first knuckles , close to the hand were still good.

An incision was cut in the patients chest r- and" when‘ he awoke it was to find his amputat- ed finger stumps tucked under the fatty skin of his breast.

When the skin and slime flesh had adhered to his knuckles, his hand was cut free and stubby fingers, one joint long, were fashioned from the‘ flesh now g-rouing on it. Instead of a. use~ less arm stump he haul the palm of the hand intact, able to grasp and lift objects with his stubby ,_ fingers.

Also Replace Parts

Plastic surgery is not employed only on the remodelling of faces. Limbs and organs are replaced by these brilliant and humane prac- titioners. An allied branch, reo- thetics, is occupied with fan ion- ing noses, ears, etc., of non-flesh- ly materials to hide (ieforrtiitiei, often only temporarily until sur- geons can regrow these organs.

In the Italian coilplign Lt. Keilily was struck in tie gun splinters, giving him a pain- ful shin wound. The flesh closed but insufficient shin bone flesh left the hone exposed and cysts formed along the open part of Kcddy's shin. lt was a case for the plastic surgeons. (Sec photos Gentrc- 81711))

When Keddy had been anaes- thetized the wounded left leg was re-opened from ankle to knee by one doctor while another was tak- ing ii pioce of skin some 6 by 9 inches from the unconscious man's r'ght thigh. Then the shin bone w.'is cuireteti and cleansed to re- move the cysts and the ﬂesh on either side of it was undercut. It was planned then to overlap this flesh n little across the shin bone where a pail of flesh is vitally necessary.

The strip of skin from the thigh was then sewn over the calf wound, neatly trimmed off and pierced a couple of times to per- mit the escape of an internal bleeding. When Ked y's legs heal hr- will have n healthy left leg, shin well protected, calf slightly flat only for a time, two scars which will show only slightly.

Other miracles are being per- formed dnily, new uses being found (or the wonder materials surgery is developing. Tantalum will also be used to prevent adhesions of brain tissues alter meningitis, to repair cleft palates, to control bleeding after opera- lions and as n loll in other ports of the body to keep tissues from sticking to each other, in stitching nerves which control the motion of the arms and leis.

i Scars goifiwar Yieici to

By WILLIAM BROWN FORBES

Not every Johnny who went away in uniform will come marching proudly home the same man he went away. Some will never return, others will be injured. But so far as human agencies can achieve as many as possible will come back and those ivho return injured will get every benefit of expanding science to make them whole.

Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen are being put to- ‘gether again when they are physically hurt; helped to recover all their faculties if they suffer mental or psycho-

; ' Take the case of Leading Air Craftsman Kenneth White. ' Stationed at Jarvis, where he was tminin with the Royal Canadian Air Force, White was the vict rn of a bomb which exploded prematurely while he was quite close to it. His forehead from above his nose right hack to his ear was blown away, his right eye with it. lt was doubted

In a few weeks Kenneth White will look almost exactly ‘y the same as the day he applied for admittance to the i RCAF. lt has been no easy job to recapture White's looks, but plastic surgery is doing the job.

Forehead Rebuilt With Tantalum

- ‘A new piece of forehead of the wonder metal, tantalum, ,- and a cheek-bone of ivory, anchored in the tantalum were i fitted into the gaping hole which marred the side of his face. Then long U-shziped cuts were made on his upper arm and this ﬂap of skin was applied to the new forehead.

White's arm was put in a cast over his head (see photo [in/loin loft) so that the arm would continue to feed the live flesh until it grew to the skin and flesh about it on the forehcnil and cheek, and anchored on the tantalum. This substance, which can be spread into thread so fine it's in- visible, is the only material doctors have found to which human flesh will adhere. It is almost not atall affected

When, after some weeks and a number of operations, White's forehead was again intact and his cheekbone in place and covered with flesh, the problem of putting and holding n. glass eye in the gaping socket was presented to » .- the doctors of Toronto's Christie Street Hospital who are

' ' ,1 performing these miracles. Soon this problem too was ‘ f ‘ ' solved. The wrinkly skin on the back of White's thumb was cut open and a flap produced.

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This patient lost right eye, cheekbone. and part of forehead. Surgery built up forehead, chcekbone, covered them with new skin, leaving only tiny scar.

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Grafted skin is spread over calf incisio cut is sewn up. Holes are clipped in avoid internal bleeding. Only small scar

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