Clever Nerve Surgery.
A remarkable operation has been performed in the Newcastle (N.S.W.) hospital by Drs Harris and Horsfall. A young man received a severe gunshot wound in the thigh in Augustlast which destroyed the great sciatic nerve, muscle and sinews. Two months after his admission to the hospital an operation was performed, and two gun wads, several grains of shot, and a piece of trousers cloth were removed from the groin. The wound healed, but he tvas unable to use his leg, which became paralysed. Ten weeks ago he was readmitted to the hospital, and the doctors produced and killed a sheep. While the animal was still warm they removed about six inches of sciatic nerve, and, putting the patient under the influence of anaesthetics, made an incision on the thigh, and introduced and stitched in the nerve from the sheep. Galvanic treatment was applied till the beginning of December, when he was able to leave the hospital. The patient can now get about with the assistance of a stick, with little difficulty in raising his foot, but he is rapidly recovering the full use of the limb. He suffers no pain or inconvenience from the borrowed nerve.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8425, 23 January 1896, Page 2
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