MODERN SURGERY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 43 (Supplement)

MODERN SURGERY.

(Photos by F. Wade.)

Tlic Rev. D. J. Murray, of Feild'ng. has i ; vial by the English mail a. letter from ids >un. Private Kainton Murray, who is i, a military hospital at Devonport. showii. ihe di velopmc nt of modern snrgvry I)■ see liing his wound, he says that a section two iir-hes king of the main nerve of ■.lira right arm was shot clean out. and also a smaller piece in anotln r place. The ■dncfor, who is the nerve specialist of Guy’s Hospital. joined up the main nerve by grafting in a piece, splicing one end, and binding - the other with fat and a blood v, ssel from another part of the arm. Annth - r operation has yet to be performed, and then it is a matter of time till the . i:ds have grown toge ther. A few years v:go this operation would have been mpo. sible. It will bo a long business, hut ultimate success will bo tho result.

Th® British submarine El 3 was recently stran ’.ed on the Danish island of Saltholm, and while members of the crew weie struggling lor their i.vts in tne water, a German destroyer opened fire on them with machine guns and duapnel. A neutral Danish torpedo boat appeared on the scene, lowered her boats, and with great gallantry steamed between .lie submarine and the German war vessels, which were compelled to cease lire.

Working a hay-trussing machine is hard work for a man, but the woman of England cheerfully undertake it. The men have left for the army, or are otherwise engaged in the harvest field at work which women cannot do. Large stacks of hay purchased by the Government have to be cut up and trussed for transport, and the gallant ladies shown in these photographs are willingly and manfully carrying on this necessary work at the current rate of pay. The photograph® show hie sTenuous nature of the work, harvesting and hay-making being child’s play compared to this.

Guy, plioto,

ANOTHER VIEW Ot {Photos by W. A. Taylor.)

—G. Skey, pboto

A. E. J. Gill, photo,

(Photos by S. T. Paterson

OTAGO Boys’ High School Boarding i Establishment fk PRINCIPAL: m F. H. CAMPBELL, M.A. ||| RESIDENT MASTER ; W C. M. LITTLEJOHN, M.A. f ASSISTANT MASTER: H. W. SLATER, M.A. MATRON : MISS FRASER. There are vacancies for boarders for 1916. but early application is necessary, as the accommodation Ir limited,