Buchanan County Bulletin

Giving Him a New Skin.

Auburn Advertiser.

A boy named Frank Hanafin, who had been injured in a saw-mill the other day, was supplied with a new skin by taking pieces from the arms of eight or nine other boys. A large and ugly wound was made on his back, the surface being one mass of red, quivering flesh, though healthy in appearance. The wound, of course, was very sensitive, and the operation must have been quite painful to him. Drs. Picot and Maynard and an assistant performed the operation. Six or eight Irish boys were gathered around the bed, from eight to fifteen years of age, from whose arms had been taken, or was to be taken, the skin needed to replace that which was lost.

As each boy was called on by the doctor, he came forward, and baring his arm a small piece of skin was skillfully cut out with the lancet, and gently placed upon the raw flesh. About thirty pieces in all were so put on. Several of the boys gave up more than one piece, and Folger Picot, the doctor's son, contributed eight pieces. A younger brother of Hanafin gave nearly as many.

While the operation was going on, the boys joked among themselves on helping to make up Hanafin, and bantered each other on the number of times they had submitted to be cut for the benefit of their playmate. The boys were generally very willing to give the skin required, but after awhile they evidently began to think that enough was as good as a feast, and moved out of doors, watching operations through the window. It is thought, however, that enough will consent to give skin, so that Hanafin's wound will be entirely covered over, thus hastening his recovery, and adding to his comfort when the wound shall have healed.