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Recently Sylva heard there was a chance of improvement by surgical operation-crushing the malformed nerve tracts in her neck in the hope that they would grow together normally. Such an operation, though not unique, is rare. Stocky, bespectacled Dr. Frank Randall Teachenor, one of the most brilliant neurological surgeons in the Midwest, had never before performed it. He warned Sylva that although it might help her, it might make her worse or even cause her death. Sylva decided to take the chance. Her mother tried to dissuade her, but the girl persisted in her determination...
Last week Dr. Teachenor exposed the nerve tracts, determined which ones were injured, crushed them. After the operation blood transfusions were given and the girl was placed in a respirator. When she regained consciousness, she cheerfully asked her nurse to sing a song. Not for .some time can it be known whether her paralysis will be cured. The surgeon, however, found "a favorable indication of successful recovery...
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