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...Philadelphia's Children's Hospital, Neurosurgeon Eugene Spitz, 37, tried running a tube direct from baby Charles' head to his abdomen. It worked only for a few days at a time, then another operation was needed to clean it. To the father Dr. Spitz explained that he would like to drain the brain fluid into the jugular vein. But this would need a valve (to prevent back flow by the blood), and so far no satisfactory valve had been devised-they all had a tendency to clog...
...Spitz opened the baby's jugular, made an opening between the vein and one of the fluid-filled brain cavities, set the valve into the opening, and closed the skin over it. The valve worked. In less than two weeks Charles Holter went home. Last week, nearing his first birthday, he was still doing well. Though fluid might continue to collect for the rest of his life, it could drain off through the valve, which would stay in place. Pediatricians, who had just heard Dr. Spitz's report, were hopeful that his technique and Holter's valve...
...DOUGLAS R. SPITZ Lincoln...
...Edward Muhl, 46, vice president and a general production executive of Universal Pictures Co., Inc., moved into the post of production head, succeeding William Goetz and Leo Spitz, who have run the studio as a team since 1947. Muhl, who landed a job as a secretary to Universal Pictures' late Founder Carl Laemmle 26 years ago, came up through the ranks, working at one time in the business department, later as chief of the legal department. When Goetz & Spitz merged their International Pictures Co. with Universal in 1947, he became vice president and general manager of studio operations...
...Carl B. Schmitt, Jr. to study history at the Univ. of Florence; Francis H. Sleeper to study politics and Arabic at Fouad Univ., Cairo; Pat Y. Spillman to study architecture at the Univ. of Rome; Walter M. Spink to study fine arts at the Indian Museum, Calcutta; Lowis W. Spitz to study European history at the Univ. of Vienua; Harold M. Thewlis to study political science at the Univ. of Paris; Frederic C. Thomas, Jr. to study Arabic at the American Univ., Cairo; Jack Undenk to study French Literature at the Univ. of Paris; John W. Wade to study city...