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A MIRACULOUS BONE GRAFT?

On June 26, 2019   /   History   /   2 Comments
Tags: Bone Grafts, Derby, Dr Victor Ratten, Hobart Hospital, Saw mills, social history, Surgery, Tasmania
A MIRACULOUS BONE GRAFT?

Stephen W. O’Flaherty was a worker in Scott’s sawmill at Derby, a small community in the north-east of Tasmania. In 1913 he suffered a significant injury when a lever at the mill rebounded and a lag slipped, breaking his arm in two places. It was said that

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