Without loss of muscle or nerves, a rat's leg has v been transplanted to another rat. The grafted leg not only remained healthy, but its new owner can control the muscles and flex the toes. Dr. J. V. Schwind, of Chicago, accomplished this by transplanting the right hind leg of a white rat, including all bones and muscles below the knee, to the' back of a second rat, giving it five legs.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22016, 13 February 1937, Page 13
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