Word: austrialian
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...science fiction into the medical books by sewing a dead man's hand onto a living patient. A multinational team of doctors working in Lyon spent three and a half hours transplanting the hand and part of an arm from a brain-dead donor to a 48-year-old Austrialian businessman who lost his lower arm in a logging accident almost a decade ago. [Ed. Note: In a bizarre twist, it was later reported that the patient actually lost his limb using a circular saw while incarcerated in a New Zealand jail.] Unlike earlier attempts to replace extremities, this operation...
...much to the Austrialian's dismay, their complaints were all but ignored. The delegation returned home empty-handed...
Three-time Wimbledon champion John Newcombe scored his sixth victory on the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit, trouncing fellow Austrialian Roy Emerson 6-0, 6-3, and 6-1 yesterday...
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