Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1909 — GIRL WHO UNDERWENT SKIN-GRAFTING OPERATION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GIRL WHO UNDERWENT SKIN-GRAFTING OPERATION

The above picture was taken just after the return of Florence Jacks, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. William Jacks, from the Hahnemann hospital, in Chicago, where she underwent a very difficult operation of skin grafting. Florence was 13 years of age on Nov. 14, 1908. On Dec. 28, 1900, when she was a little more than five years of age, she was seriously burned, anc£ a large contracting scar developed on the side of her face and neck. This deformity made it impossible to move the lower jaw and the contracting cords were grad-

nally drawing the head forward. The operation was performed by Dr. Clark, of Hahnemann hospital, and was one of the largest skin grafts ever undertaken in that hospital. The results are even more than wefe expected, for not only the scar was removed but she now has complete control of all the muscles of the neck and face. When the above picture was taken the neck had not entirely healed, but it is practically healed now. The cuticle used in the operation was procured from her own, her sister’s and ner mother’s bodies.

Photo by Parser. MISS FLORENCE JACKS.