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Frisky Teenager Breaks Arm in Historic Reattachment
The Associated Press reports a teen named Knowles underwent what is described as the first operation rejoining a severed limb to a body. The May 23 1962 incident occurred after a fall in a freight yard and he remains hospitalized several weeks after the surgery at Massac General Hospital.
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Somerville
Boston
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