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Digestive Cripples. At the opposite end of the life scale, where a whole group of other surgical emergencies are concentrated, Baylor University's professor of surgery. Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, has developed a series of operations...
Suddenly the Lakers' great Elgin Baylor and Jerry West found the range, roared down the court, sinking incredible shots and controlling the backboards for the first time in the game. Boston's defense seemed to dissolve. Its lead was cut to eight points, then six, then four. In the dressing room, Cousy was fit to be tied while trainers bandaged his ballooning ankle: "I tripped over myself," he gritted. "Isn't that something? I never sprained an ankle before. I guess old age is creeping up on me-ten minutes too soon." For Cousy...
...fall, though, the surgical wounds had broken open and become infected. Still brooding about his father's death, Fred went back to the hospital, where his condition steadily deteriorated. After consulting with Hematologist Joseph M. Hill, Baylor surgeons decided to fight the infection with antibiotics and to reopen Fred's leg wounds to clean them out. Dr. Hill, who is also director of the Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank in Dallas, promised to supply all the necessary blood and plasma for transfusion. It was no easy promise to fulfill. Fred got progressively sicker. The blood bank drained...
Death Wish. Dr. Hill and the Baylor doctors tried everything they could think of. Researchers at Wadley had read of Swedish work with a concentration of AHG known as the Blomback Fraction...
...Suddenly Fred started to recover. And as consciousness returned, his first words were: "If Dad had been here, this wouldn't have happened." At home, Fred now gets two units of plasma a day. But as he continues to improve, that dose will be lowered. The doctors at Baylor plan to keep close watch over him, but now they are much more concerned with trying to figure out what saved him-the massive transfu sions, the great quantities of Blomback Fraction, or the brief dose of psychiatry. Whatever the vital treatment was, says Dr. Hill, "the first and most...