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...Bubble Problem. Despite this hopeful start the heart-lung machine was far from perfected. Minnesota's Clarence Walton Lillehei developed an ingenious temporary expedient: he used a donor, usually the father, for a child patient, connected their circulatory systems and thus made the donor's heart and lungs do the work of the patient's during the operation. The trouble was that this method risked two lives instead of one. Next, Lillehei & Co. used a freshly removed dog's lung, carefully cleaned and cleared of its own blood, for the same purpose. Two years ago, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Surgery's New Frontier | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...suppose that you were the victim or a holdup man, and later on, his son, who accepted the loot, knowing exactly how it was obtained, tossed you a handful of coins. Would you call that charity and would you respect the donor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1956 | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Major A. Erland Goyette--reportedly indentified early yesterday as the "prominent citizen"--denied that he was the donor of the 400-acre site...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peterborough Plan A 'Hoax'--Vellucci | 10/6/1956 | See Source »

...scaffolding came down last week, a Crucifixion scene stood revealed (see cut), with angels in attendance, the Madonna at right clad in blue robes edged with gold, two as yet unidentified female saints at left and a portrait, probably of the Bishop donor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Discovery in Milan | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...annual Convocation Service of the Divinity School today will be marked by a special "Donor's Day" observance. Over 100 contributors to the school's endowment drive will meet with the record school enrollment of 240 students in Memorial Church at noon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Donor's Day' Ceremony Marks Divinity School Service at Noon | 9/26/1956 | See Source »

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