MODERN SURGERY
GASI2. SyDNEY, August 17. Th? w .?fw ‘ Jones, of Baußerstet; proyjd.es a surgen’.' ' W Jones, Ay ho £s. 22 years of age,. was b,?rr. with tvyjsfed “club,” feet, mid hehad never'‘bieeii nh.le ,t 0 walk. eh-ry. : possible remedy was tried without success, and for 11 years. lie
lay in Prince Alfred Hospital. The suggestion was made that, 'the feet he amputated. , Finally, .treatment was sought' from’ a Sydney doctor, who admitted Mr Jongs' to his private hospital. There'’the bones of the two feet' were broken and re-set, tlie feet straightened, and- -skin grafted on, with the result that within a ‘fortnight, he was able to walk. If. is now seven months since the operation, ajid. steady .inipro voment bi ’ Jj/i-ing ’mridb, Afr ■ ■Ton oh itow being able to'walk for miles and even play tennis'.'
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1934, Page 10
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