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...illness was not a factor. He did quit his latest film in November because of a painful constriction in his hand, but surgery supposedly has corrected that. He is back on the golf course and still moves with the old deliberate cock-of-the-walk swagger. With his hair transplant and added poundage, he looks healthier-but worse -than the peaked kid with the caved-in cheeks who played the Paramount...
...nation was a vast cultural transplant to begin with. All along, Americans have sought to import something of their heritage more solid than themselves-the literature, theater and music of Europe and now, for black Americans, the culture of Africa...
Another Christmas tree was kidnapped by a player from its home outside a Fifth Avenue store. The new owner proceeded to haul it back to the Penn Garden and transplant it between the springs of his bed. This monument was reportedly a rallying spot for celebrants throughout the night...
Sibling Donor. One possible alternative was an intestinal transplant. Told that only six had ever been performed, and no recipient had survived longer than 26 days, the patient said she wanted to take the chance. But where to find a donor? Jane Smith has a sister, Anne, the mother of three. Told that a healthy person can live comfortably with only half the normal length of small intestine, Anne volunteered to give half of hers to her sister. Their blood-cell types proved to be an unusually close match, reducing the probability that a graft would be rejected...
...Anne's abdomen and removed about five feet of small intestine (the lower jejunum and upper ileum), and used this to replace Jane's missing tract. The surgeons also left a small, separate piece of the graft protruding through the abdominal wall, to facilitate observation of the transplant's progress. Last week the courageous donor was eating normally, and she expects to go home within a few days. Recipient Jane, after setting an endurance record for long-term survival on intravenous feeding, hungrily looked forward to the first taste of real food destined for her rebuilt digestive...