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Because of Elizabeth's youth and the relatively good condition of the wound and leg, a hastily assembled surgical team under Orthopedist Gerald Wertlieb decided to try to rejoin the limb. Though hundreds of amputated fingers, hands and arms have been reattached, such operations on the leg are quite rare, with most successes reported by the Chinese...
...Wertlieb and Drs. Sultan Mohiuddin, Bruce Nadler and Michael Mamakos toiled for six hours. They removed damaged tissue from both stump and leg (including nearly 5 in. of bone), inserted a 15-in. stainless steel rod into the thigh bone as a support, then reconnected an artery and two veins. Heartened by the surgery's initial success, an exultant Wertlieb said after the operation: "It was a New Year's Eve high without a drink...
Thomas entered the final pool with the other five top sabre fencers to compile a 1-4 record, beating Eliot Mills of C.C.N.Y. When he lost to the champion, Martin Wertlieb 5 to 4 he was the closest man to beating Wertleib in the final pool...
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