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...sharp disagreement was Johns Hopkins University's Dr. Milton Edgerton, 36. He reported that in three years he has operated on 32 women, aged 28 to 38. All were married, and all were emotionally upset by what Dr. Edgerton called "a local anatomical fixation" on their small breasts, though he had them screened by a psychiatrist to be sure that none had more deep-seated mental illnesses (an equal number were turned away on this score). Instead of natural fat, Dr. Edgerton used a form of built-in falsies made of a poly vinyl sponge called Ivalon. Checked...
Main objection among the surgeons to this type of operation is that the Ivalon does not stay spongy, but shrinks 20% and becomes as hard as a baseball. Dr. Edgerton admitted this defect (he is careful to warn his patients of it in advance), but felt that the operation was still justified because "it is important to do something for the patient emotionally." About 30 of the 500 surgeons at the San Francisco meeting said they perform this operation; some have abandoned it because they got poor results, had to remove the polyvinyl in a second operation...
...this score, a husband-wife team from Johns Hopkins University, Plastic Surgeon Milton T. Edgerton and Chemist Patricia J. Edgerton report that skin grafts from one strain of mice to another normally died within nine days, but could be made to live as long as 38 days if they were retransplanted several times at four-day intervals. This suggested that an organ donated for spare-part use might be conditioned so that it would no longer stimulate the recipient's system to produce antibodies. And a team at the University of Minnesota reported on work with rats and rabbits...
...Earle Edgerton, handicapped by a slim physique, nonetheless took firm command of Falstaff and played an admirable complement to Gervasi's Hal--lying, bluffing, and buffooning with gusto and expertise. Arthur Waldstein sparkled suprisingly in the small role of Poins. Marguerite Tarrant, as the Hostess, played an uproarious game of pinch-bottom with Edgerton...
...evening closes somewhat more cheerfully in the Court of the Duke of Athens, with the antics of Peter Quince and his loutish crew. This scene invites overplaying, a sin the Players certainly avoid. Edgerton as Quince, Waldstein as Bottom, William Trebilcock as Flute, Harvey White as Wall, and Karl Cook as Snug clown without hamming. And Bruce MacDonald plays the magnanimous Duke with special ability...