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DIED. Muddy Waters, 68, the Grammy award-winning blues singer and guitarist whose vibrant Delta sound influenced a generation of rock musicians, including Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, who took their name from one of his songs; of cardiac arrest; in the Chicago suburb of Westmont. Born McKinley Morganfield, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper, Waters had a guttural baritone that soared in songs such as Hoochie Coochie Man and Got My Mojo Working...
...equally dedicated inventor of the device, Dr. Robert Jarvik, 36, was also present. The son of a doctor, Jarvik designed his first medical invention, a surgical stapler, while still in high school. His interest in the heart was prompted by his father's battle with cardiac disease. A spare-time sculptor, Jarvik was able to combine his artistic and medical interests as a design engineer at Utah's artificial-organ program beginning in 1971; he earned his medical degree there...
...implanted and lapsed into what Berenson termed "acute brain syndrome," characterized by "delirium, decreased alertness, severe memory loss and confusion." The condition, she believed, was organic rather than emotional, perhaps brought on by the sudden increase in blood supply to a brain "that had become used to low cardiac output." When questioned, Clark would "look perplexed," Berenson said. "Sometimes he would not know he had had surgery or what it was for." Clark often appeared too discouraged to try to speak, but at times he was lucid enough to be painfully aware of his condition. "My mind is shot...
...also sharply criticized Darsee's supervisors at the Harvard-affiliated Cardiac Research Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital for failing to report promptly their initial suspicions about Darsee's work. The young researcher was assigned to a project funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and aimed at developing animal models for assessing the effectiveness of drugs used to treat heart attacks. Charged NIH Associate Director William Raub: "A large and costly study of great importance for a major public health problem was irrevocably compromised." Harvard was asked last week to return...
Clark's day begins at 8 a.m. when a nurse awakens him for a sponge bath and a series of tests. At least once every eight hours his blood chemistry, cardiac output and other vital signs are checked. After a morning visit from his doctors, Clark rests briefly and then is helped into an overstuffed recliner chair, where he sits until 5 or 6 p.m. His frequent catnaps are interrupted by two 20-minute sessions of exercises to strengthen his muscles and improve his circulation...