A SISTER’S SACRIFICE
BRISBANE TRAGEDY SKIN-GRAFTING PROVES FATAL. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE, April 13. (Received April 13, at 8.55 a.m.) A falling tree seriously injured the leg of a youth named Peterson, necessitating grafting flesh, eight inches by four, in the wound. His. thirteen-year-old sister offered to allow the necessary flesh to be taken from her body. The operation was successful, and the brother is recovering. The sister was apparently doing well when she suddenly collapsed and died.
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Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 6
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79A SISTER’S SACRIFICE Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 6
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