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Intestinal anastomosis, whereby two portions of a severed or resected bowel can be intimately joined, excluding from fecal circulation the portion of bowel which has become obstructed, was originally suggested by Maisonneuve, and was studied experimentally by von Hacken. Billroth resorted to it, and Senn modified it by substituting decalcified bone-plates for sutures.
"The presents are somethin' wonderful," Mrs. Elliott related on another occasion. "Sally's uncle out in Seattle widower of her that left Austin all that money has sent her a whole dinner-set, white with pink roses on it twelve dozen pieces in all, countin' vegetable dishes, bone-plates, an' a soup-tureen.
Nerve-grafting, as a supplementary operation to neurectomy, has been practiced, and Gersung has transplanted the nerves of lower animals to the nerve stumps of man. Bone-grafting is quite frequently practiced, portions from a recently amputated limb, or portions removed from living animals, or bone-chips, may be used. Senn proposed decalcified bone-plates to be used to fill in the gaps.
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