Show Transplants I INow Now that heart transplants ire rire occurring regularly all allover allover allover over the world it is hard to believe believe believe be be- lieve that only two months ago world pressure almost forced a ahalt ahalt ahalt halt to such operations YET THAT WAS the situation situation situation situa situa- tion after several patients who had received new hearts died died died- and at that time only one new- new heart recipient lived Had that one ne survivor died no doubt a public clamor against the new form of surgery would have quickly erupted Luckily for the human race and those pioneering medical progress that patient lived and surgeons all over the world were strong-hearted strong enough to attempt new transplant heart-transplant operations A NUMBER have succeeded and many more will And only recently it has been established established established that the body's resistance resistance resistance resist resist- ance to a new heart is not al always always always al- al ways as automatic or strong as had been assumed only two months ago I |