Word: philadelphia
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Joseph W. Dragonetti Philadelphia...
...Among the other papers endorsing Reagan: the New York Daily News, the Miami Herald, the Chicago Sun-Times. Among those endorsing Mondale: the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Detroit Free Press...
...made sure the Aquia Creek sandstone used for the original mansion was the best. That stone came out of a friend's quarry in Virginia. Though Washington was in Philadelphia during much of the construction, he dropped in often enough to terrorize and entice Master Builder James Hoban into doing superb work. When Congress wanted to expropriate the building for the Supreme Court, Washington said no. When Congress wanted the House of Representatives in the structure, Washington put his foot down. So on a March day in 1797, when Washington came to gaze proudly on the largest house abuilding...
...informed consent' of the parents?" asked Michael Giannelli, science adviser for the Fund for Animals. According to Minnesota Surgeon Najarian, Baby Fae's doctors should have recommended a form of corrective surgery for hypoplastic heart developed by Dr. William Norwood, chief of cardiac surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Norwood's procedure, which is practiced at only a few U.S. hospitals, involves a rerouting of blood through the heart so that the right ventricle takes over the pumping function normally performed by the left ventricle. Norwood says that of 100 infants he has treated, 40 have survived; the oldest...
Loma Linda hospital has given Bailey permission to try five baboon-to-human transplants, but doctors say they have no immediate plans for other patients. Last week they were referring parents to Dr. Norwood at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Already some optimists are envisioning a day when the transplanting of simian hearts will be as acceptable in human medicine as the use of heart valves from pigs and bovine insulin. "Maybe one of these days we can start farming baboons for this purpose," suggests Christiaan Barnard. Others believe that baboon hearts could be used as a temporary measure...