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Miracle of Surgery Restores Severed Arm
Everett Knowles Jr. 12, lost his right arm below the shoulder in a freight train accident near Boston. Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital rejoined the limb in an eight hour operation using blood vessels nerves and bone repair. The boy faces months of grafts and nerve work with hopeful prospects for daily function and possible future baseball.
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James Calogero
Boston
Everett Knowles Jr
Annals of Medicine
Everett
Everett Knowles
Handy Card and Paper Co
Alice Chmielewski
Young Knowles
Sgt. En
Massachusetts General Hospital
Somerville
Mass General
Robert Shaw
Ronald A. Malt
L. Henry Edmunds
California
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Dr. Shaw
John Herrmann
Matt
New York
Massachusetts
New England
Honey
Julia
Bud Daley
New York Yankees
Palio
Dr. Matt
Everett Knowles, Jr
Mass
Boston Hospital
Harvard Medical
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