Word: hearted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...complications that eventually killed Washkansky, 55, began twelve days after he had received the heart of Denise Ann Darvall, 25. He first showed signs of trouble by coughing up sputum and running a fever. X rays revealed a shadow, indicating what doctors call "infiltrates" in the lungs. One possible cause was a pulmonary embolism (a traveling blood clot). But the doctors at Groote Schuur Hospital concluded that the likeliest cause was pneumonia, and they attacked vigorously with heroic doses of penicillin...
...could be certain. In the hope of protecting the heart against attack by the immune reaction, doctors had dosed Washkansky heavily with half a dozen drugs, and at least two of these, in addition to radiation, might have made his white cells vulnerable...
...possible was despondent. Said Edward Darvall: "There was at least part of my daughter alive, and now it's all gone. I feel empty." (In fact, one of her kidneys, transplanted to Jonathan Van Wyk, 10, was still working well.) Brooklyn's Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, whose own heart-transplant operation had failed two weeks earlier, expressed his sorrow, then added: "However, I believe that the operation performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard represents a great step forward...
...more susceptible to such an infection. Chief Surgeon Barnard summed up: "I wouldn't like to call this operation an experiment-it was treatment of a sick patient. Although Washkansky died, I don't think we have any evidence that transplantation is not good treatment for certain heart diseases. And we certainly have not found any evidence to discourage us from continuing...
...first trial last February, the prosecution offered a compelling reconstruction. Kidwell was angry at his wife because she wanted an annulment of the year-old marriage. They argued and took a drive. Police witnesses then testified that Kidwell's wife had been shot four times in the heart either after or before he had intercourse with her. Afterward, the prosecution version continued, Kidwell shot himself twice in the chest in a suicide attempt. The first jury believed the prosecution and convicted Kidwell of first-degree murder. But at last week's second trial, granted because of errors committed...