BONE BANK IN AUCKLAND
ESTABLISHMENT IN HOSPITAL (New Zealand Press Association) Tho April 10. . J? establishment of a bone bank under £ uckland Hospital Laboratory ohif ne . banks have proved so invaluHshed W th a r t V Ti thev had been e«tabluned that they were generally regained as an essential part of a modth 11 surgery unit, stated the Medical Superintendent of Middlemore Hospital (Dr. H. J. A Colvini « a report. Dr. Colvin stated that the SU^°, ns ot M >ddlemore Hospital had asked for a oank in which hone removed from selected a moot ations could be stored for use at dat 4 b ‘ n .bone-grafting operations tissue! and e JL S ° P Kl ated from the soft nhu being cut into suitn » th H of 4 J n to 6in is stored in continued d ßonJ ree2e conta iner," he ununuea Bone so prepared and «T d ? ert mdefi nitely. There was no irith h JSd as was the case rible b '°2 d transf us>on. It was not possioie .o use every amputated limb and StK for ac^te and ch b ro a nie beWarded. ° US dlSeaSes had Present another bone in the dL a bo ? e bank eliminated the pain and
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26393, 11 April 1951, Page 8
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