An experimental study of bone growth and the spinal bone transplant / Fred H. Albee.

  • Albee, Fred H. (Fred Houdlett), 1876-1945.
Date:
1913
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Credit: An experimental study of bone growth and the spinal bone transplant / Fred H. Albee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ! 2. STUDY OF BONE GROWTH AND THE SPINAL BONE TRANSPLANT * FEED H. ALBEE, M.D. NEW YORK The special object of the animal experimentation reported herein was to afford means for studying both macroscopically and microscopically a bone-graft when planted in a dog by precisely the same technic as that which I employ in the human subject for the treatment of Pott’s dis|ase of the spine.1 I wish to express my thanks to the following for valu- able aid rendered in this work: Dr. Ferguson for his interest in 'superintending the preparation of most of the microscopic sections, for his examination of these sections and for many valuable suggestions. Dr. Beebe for aid, suggestions and laboratory privi- leges. Drs. Soule and Keller for indispensable aid in the operating-room. REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS Experiment l.-Dec. 10. 1911; Dog, mongrel, male, approx- imate yeiglit 30 pounds. Ether anesthesia. Anesthetist, Mr. Cassellius. Fields of operation: dorsal region of back and left fore leg, prepared by shaving, and scrubbing with tincture ?f i AACyn S,°ap ancl water’ followe(l U corrosive sublimate 1:1,000. and 70 per cent, alcohol. The spinous processes of three of the mid-dorsal vertebrae were approached by an incision through the skin and areolar tissue directly over their tips. The supraspinous and interspinous ligaments were split with a scalpel to a depth of two-thirds of an inch between the spinous processes without disturbing the attachments of the lege* Fl°m the Loomls Laboratory, Cornell'‘university Medical Col-' M. Poll 1- Albee, Fred into the Spine for Bone trnnspYantaTOn* as* a ^Treatment for mi, p‘ 9 0 0 WW? Fractures, ^Suato in bone grow’th, peibostealir'., Shr h'1'1' 1012- studies on, colncidently, ns will' appear p ' ntn on' eto-, have been carried transplantation of a Portion of the Tibia s Disease. Tub .Tournau a. m. a.. Sept, n Potfs Dis- le, November,