Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1912 — EGG’S SKIN AS LEG PATCH [ARTICLE]

EGG’S SKIN AS LEG PATCH

Hole in Broken Bone Filled With Albuminous Tissue by Physicians May Heal. New York. —The skin of an egg has been used by the surgeons in the Babylon (L. I.) hospital to fill up a hole left in the broken leg of a man. By the use of the egg it Is believed that the injured limb will heal and, after a short time, be as serviceable as ever. A few days ago Babylon residents were surprised by an advertisement appearing in a local paper, stating that the Babylon hospital was in need of an egg ready for hatching. Inquiry as to the use to which the egg was to be put revealed a curious operation in reconstructive surgery performed upon Patrick Padlan, a patient in the hospital. A telephone' pole fell on Padlan’s leg, fracturing it- Tn hyllns. a small hole was left in the bone. The skin of the egg was placed in the hole, and the development of the cells formed new bone tissue, which has completely filled the opening.