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Show Progress in burn therapy 237-5055. In Canada, 1-800-361-7256. In Florida, 1-800-282-9161. Will the child shown on the right grow up to live a happy, healthy life? The odds are greater jLhan ever these days that he will, thanks to the remarkable work of the world's fine'st burn physicians, surgeons and researchers at a unique group of hospitals. Thousands of children are crippled, crip-pled, disfigured or killed each year by what has been called one of the v largest hazards of childhood. At ' the Shriners Burns Institutes, sponsored by the Shrine of North America, an international frater nity, the world's best medical " treatment goes to children requiring requir-ing acute care, reconstructive or restorative surgery and rehabilita- !r tion from severe burns free of ; charge. ' Research and training of,medi- cal personnel is also conducted at these hospitals, affiliated with the outstanding medical schools at Harvard University, the Univer sity of Cincinnati and the University Univer-sity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Since the Burns Institutes opened, they have more than doubled the chances for survival of the severely burned child. Surgeons at the Shriners Shrin-ers Burns Institute in Boston made medical history in 1982 with the announcement of the first success-ful success-ful use of human skin grown in a laboratory to cover large portions of the severely burned bodies of two boys from Wyoming. This laboratory labora-tory grown human skin was paramount in saving the boys' lives. - Thanks to the work done at these Burns Institutes, many non-Shrine burn centers have sprung up throughout North America. Research Re-search continues with the support sup-port of the group many have called "The World's Greatest . Philanthropy." Philan-thropy." ' For more information call 1-800- |