Word: orvar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parents, Mina and Brian Lewis, refused to accept the sentence of death. They consulted Dr. Orvar Swenson, a noted pediatric surgeon at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He, too, was pessimistic. He recalled, without recommending it, a modified operation devised by a Japanese surgeon, Dr. Keijiro Suruga, who reported that it had succeeded in some cases. Mina Lewis did some research of her own and found a new article by Suruga in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Then, using her experience as a travel agent, she quickly arranged a family trip to Tokyo in early January...
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