Skin From Frog Grafted On Nand

SKIN FROM FROG GRAFTED ON HAND

DR. WESTFALL SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMS OPERATION

On Clyde Witt of Sturgis, Whose Hand Was Injured While Working In a Mill.

An interesting case of skin-grafting occurred last week at the Homeopathic hospital. Clyde Witt, a 17-year-old boy, who was working in a mill in Sturgis, Mich., had his hand caught in the machinery so that the flesh was torn from the inside and some from off the back. Bloodpoison set in, and he came to Ann Arbor for treatment. The result of the operation was that the skin on the inside of the hand and the back sloughed away. So the skin from the abdomen of a frog was laid on the skinless parts and by means of adhesive straps held in place until it united with the underlying tissue.

Dr. Westfall did the skin-grafting and at present the hand is doing nicely.