Medicine: Back to Life

"I got this far, honey, I'll get home yet," muttered Roy Campanella to his wife after his car overturned three months ago and landed him in a Long Island hospital with an injured spinal cord. The great Dodger catcher still has a long way to go. He is paralyzed in all four limbs. Whether he will walk again, with or without braces and crutches, is still in doubt. But last week his doctors announced that they will soon move him to one of the few places in the world where anything can be done for him: the Institute of Physical Medicine...

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