Word: wisniewski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stanley Wisniewski, 24, an X-ray technician at Chicago's Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, slumped to the darkroom floor with a heart attack. Stimulants and artificial respiration failed: his heart had stopped. A passing surgeon whipped out a pocket knife, sliced open Wisniewski's chest (while he still lay on the floor) and massaged the heart with his bare hand. After 2¼ hours, and more conventional treatment as equipment was rounded up, Wisniewski's heart resumed its beat. This week he was doing well...