Word: brent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Getty is the most famous patient among 150 who have acquired new ears through the specialized skills of Plastic Surgeon Burt Brent, 39. His case is also among the most difficult that have confronted Brent, because of the savagery with which the ear was hacked off and the infection that followed, leaving Brent very little natural tissue to work with. So far Getty's ear form has been substantially recreated, but further surgery to refine both its form and appearance remains necessary...
...Brent, who learned sculpture before studying medicine, built upon and refined techniques developed by Dr. Radford Tanzer, 72, now a professor emeritus at Dartmouth Medical College. The basic principle is to use one or two pieces of cartilage, 4 to 5 in. (10 to 13 cm.) long, taken from the patient's own ribs. This causes no disability. While an assistant closes the chest wound, Brent carves and molds the cartilage into an approximation of the ultimate desired shape for the new ear. Then he makes a pocket from the skin where the ear should be and slips...
...that an agreement would be reached within hours, one of Carter's first requests was that Linowitz phone the news to Jerry Ford up in Vail. At least three times Carter personally talked to Ford on the phone, then sent Linowitz, General George Brown, and former Ford Aide Brent Scowcroft on a 6½-hour journey to Ford's chalet in the Rockies. Jerry has now joined enthusiastically in the battle for the treaty...
...this battle of the aerial masters, we find the roots of an exciting contest. Add the excellence of Minnesota's running attack (Chuck Foreman, the NFC's Most Valuable Player, and running mate Brent McClanahan), and you have all the ingredients for three hours of exciting football...
...Fenway Howard Johnson also has no vacancies for the night of June 15. "Usually what happens is that rooms open up in April, when we get cancellations," Sandra Brent, reservations manager for the hotel, said yesterday...