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...Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome had some good news. Its famous patient, Pope John Paul II, had finally conquered a lingering infection and fever and was well enough for a long-delayed second operation. In what was termed a "perfectly successful" procedure, Gemelli doctors reconnected segments of the Pontiffs colon, a simple operation that reversed the intestinal bypass surgery performed last May after the attempt on his life. With a reticence typical of reports on the Pope's progress, Vatican spokesmen waited half an hour to inform the public about the operation. By the time Gemelli issued the hopeful...
...which Mary's share was $120,000. After a year of five-or six-day binges followed by several days of sleep and then more binges, Mary had run through most of the inheritance, lost 20 Ibs. and, in her rundown condition, developed back pains and a spastic colon...
...Said Crucitti: "I do not hide that the situation is grave and the next few days will give us the answer, which we hope will be favorable." If there is no crisis, in several days the Pope will probably begin drinking liquids and eating semisolid food. Even before the colon is rejoined, he should start light exercise like walking and resume limited activities, though it may be six weeks or so before he will appear in public again. If healing is normal, as is usual in well-tended abdominal wounds without damage to major organs, there should be no serious...
Only then was it possible to turn to the actual job of repairing the extensive damage: multiple wounds in the small intestine, in the lower part of the colon (large intestine) and in the mesentery (the tissue that holds the intestine to the rear abdominal wall). The doctors apparently removed two damaged sections of the small intestine and one of the large intestine, then sewed the ends back together. The surgeons also performed a temporary colostomy, rerouting the colon through a hole they created in the abdominal wall. A colostomy allows wastes to be collected in an external bag, giving...
...based on studies of 156 patients at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson. The patients had advanced cancers, usually of the lung, breast, colon and rectum, that could no longer be treated by standard methods. Laetrile was given intravenously for 21 days, then orally three times daily...