PATCHING BROKEN SKULL.
A .report on a method of patching up broken ek-lls -with celluloid is published. Incredible though it may sound, there are hundreds of persons walking about the country to-day with holes In their head-, due to injuries received in the war, says a Birmingham paper. r>
Mr. Terey Sargent, the w_*ll-known surgeon, and J>r. J. O. GTee_Qe!d have been carrying out experiments on t_e closure of these wounds and also plating them with celluloid.
" Tho defects," said Dr. Greenfield, "often cause severe headaches, but. when plated with special celluloid the pain no longer exists, and the defect in tho head is not noticeable. The celluloid plate ls placed under the s_i_, and is neither movable nor causes inconvenience. The 'patch' does not apply to merely small holes. "Cases have been dealt with where the holes In the skull wero Wff enough for a man to put his fist In. When fixed, the plate does not deteriorate."
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 61, 12 March 1921, Page 14
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159PATCHING BROKEN SKULL. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 61, 12 March 1921, Page 14
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