Elmira, New York, USA
1884 - Mr. P. Sexton, of Elmira, N.Y., will soon have a new eyelid.

Mr. Sexton, as will be remembered, was the engineer of the train that rain through a sea of burning oil near Bradford, Pa., last January. He was severely burned. Parts of his nose and ears are gone, while both lower eye-lids are burned away, leaving no protection to the eyes. A prominent physician of Elmira volunteered to repair the engineer's mutilated face, and recently preformed a plastic operation for the restoration of one of the lids, literally making a new eyelid. When it heals, the same operation will be made on the opposite side. - Buffalo Express.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 25, 1884

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