Judith Schmidt was born with a hole in the wall between the right and left sides of her heart. As a result, "used" blood (from which the body had taken the oxygen) was mixed with fresh blood that had just soaked up more oxygen in the lungs. Judith lived her first eleven years as a semi-invalid.
Last month doctors at the Cleveland Clinic sent Judith to Philadelphia's Hahnemann Hospital. There she was given a general anesthetic and put in an ordinary, kitchen-type freezer 6 ft. long. Doctors and nurses kept watch on her as her temperature began to drop. Surgeon Charles...
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