Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — He Wants New Arms. [ARTICLE]

He Wants New Arms.

Theodore Lee, the armless newsdealer, who went East recently with a vague idea that he could get arms grafted on to his stumps has been heard from. He has been inquiring among specialists regarding his case, and he finds that he may yet secure arms. First, the arms that are to be grafted on to his stumps must be taken from a healthful man or woman, and the hope is held out to Mr. Lee that he may find some person, condemned to be hanged, for instance, Who would for SI,OOO, say, to be given to relatives or charity, allow an arm to be amputated for grafting purposes. Mr. Lee has, in substance, been informed that the splice would have to made just above the elbow joint. When Mr. Lee has found a person who will submit to the operation they will have to be brought together in such a position as to permit of the arms of both which are to be operated upon being placed in plaster of paris casts, so that they cannot be moved. Then it is proposed to cut the back part of both the arms, also cutting through the bone arm that is to be grafted on to Mr. Lee’s stump, or that portion of it that is cut away at the first operation, is to be adjusted and fastened to the stump and allowed to remain until it heals and there is evidence of circulation between the stump and the part that is grafted on. The second operation will be the cutting of the remainder of the inside portion of the arm, together with the artery and the nerve. This operation, it is proposed, however, is not to be undertaken until the surgeons are satisfied that the circulation through the part of the arm already grafted on is sufficient to nourish and support the new forearm.—[St. Paul Pioneer Press. Very handsome dresses and window curtains as well are now made of glass in Austria.