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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, February 21. 1938 Preserving of Human Eye for Transplant Told Washington (TP! The hu man eye now can be preserv ed for transplantation indefi nitely by dehydrations proc ess. Formerly the cornea had to be transplanted within a few days of the donor's death if the operation were to prove successful. The Ocular Research Unit at Walter Reed Army hos pital developed the dehydra tion process to make possible a larger and more permanent eye bank for transmitting the "gift of. sight" from the dead to the jiving. One member of the unit, Sf c. Charles- W. Furness, play ed a key ro3e in its work. He designed the clamp used to prevent damage to the cornea taken for dehydration prior to transplantation. Furness, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Furness of Staf ford Springs, Conn., spends his off-duty hours with the District of Columbia Lion's club eye bank and with the Research Foundation where he collects eyes from donors at Washington hospitals, pre serves the corneas, and helps with its administrative work. .Furness also helped set up a unit to employ the dehydra tion process in a Georgetown University laboratory. He also has offered to give a series of talks before local organizations to spread the word on the eye bank. He's Available Furness lost an eye in an accident while stationed with the Corps of Engineers in Hawaii in 1949. 'I realized then," he said, "how wonderful vision is." Furness is voluntarily on call at all times in case a Washington hospital reports the death of a person who has pledged his, eyes to the eyebank. But he still needs written permission from the next of kin. . "It's extremely difficult to talk to a bereaved person at such a time," Furness said, "but they usually understand when I explain the great gift of sight that can be restored to some other person." He said the public gener ally has accepted cornea transplants in the past few years, but that it is "most important that this educa tional effort continue." "If this present eye bank system had been in operation 10 years ago as fully as it is now," Furness said. "I might not have lost my vision in one eye. "Now, I derive great per sonal satisfaction from work ing with the eye bank sb that others may not suffeu loss of vision from any deficiency m this vital service." Highways Open M Residential Areas Chicago (W The Ameri can Society of Planning Offi cials has revealed that many areas opened up by the net work of highways being built with federal and state aid are suitable for residential de velopment. But. the society added, the development will be desira ble only if the layout of the subdivision is right. Commercial interests fre quently contend that lands bordering highways are unfit for residential use and should be zoned for business, the so ciety said. But commercial strips along highways are oft en uneconomic, distracting to motorists and unsightly, the society added. However, the ASPO said ordinances that protect new subdivisions along the major highways by requiring that they be separated from the y- highways are becoming more and more common. Some cit ies require a buffer strip or park between the highway and residence, the society said. These strips or parks, the ASPO said, protect residents from noise, fumes and vibra tion of passing cars and trucks. Prohibition of access to the highway also keeps lo cal traffic from moving di rectly into high-speed through traffic. 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