Word: ileum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...operated on at Norristown and at Bryn Mawr Hospital, the desired loss in weight has been accompanied by a lowering of cholesterol level or blood pressure, or both. A rare advantage of this operation is that it is reversible-if weight loss becomes too great, the jejunum and ileum can be hooked up again in the way that nature intended...