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...doctors thought that in their small hospital they were likely to have many more suitable recipients than donors. But they were wrong. Three men were admitted to the medical center in Jackson with incurable brain injuries-one from a fall, one from a tumor, and one from a suicidal gunshot wound. Each of the doomed men was kept alive for a while by artificial breathing apparatus, and any one of them might have been a suitable donor if there had been an equally suitable recipient handy. But even if they had had a dying heart patient on whom...
George Eron '62 died Dec. 20, 1963 of a gunshot wound he suffered during a hunting accident near Salem, Ill. He was 22 years...
...contingents of agents, was hurried away from the hospital to the airport. Press Aide Kilduff came out at 1:36. His eyes red-rimmed, his voice barely controlled, he said: "President John F. Kennedy died at approximately 1 p.m. central standard time here in Dallas. He died of a gunshot wound in the brain. I have no other details of the assassination...
Across the street at Denver's VA Hospital, a man was admitted for accidental gunshot wounds, and when it became clear that he could not survive, relatives gave permission for the use of his liver in a transplant. As the prospective donor's life ebbed, Surgeon Thomas E. Starzl opened Mrs. Goodfellow's abdomen to get her ready for a quick transplant. This operation took ten hours. Her liver was so enlarged by disease that instead of a normal 4 Ibs. it weighed closer to 20 Ibs. Dr. Starzl left his patient anesthetized, with her liver "just...
...Oudjda. The camp, formerly a French supply depot, was decorated with rebel flags and banners proclaiming in French and Arabic such long-winded slogans as "The triumph of our revolution demands absolute unity, organized action, solid leadership and well-defined aims." On an inspection of border outposts within gunshot of French positions. Ben Bella, though still pale and out of condition from his long imprisonment, gamely climbed up and down hills. Colonel Boumedienne. F.L.N. chief of staff, invited reporters to inspect the cave headquarters, which were simply furnished with cots and rough tables, lit by candles stuck in tin cans...