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
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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.
The National Palace in
Mexico City occupies the spot
where Montezuma held court,
the National Geographic Mag
azine says. Cortes ' appropri
ated the site and built a fort
resslike residence that was la
ter ruined by rioters. The pre
sent palace was begun in
1C92.
Trilobites three - lobed
cousins of the lobsters
reigned for some 300,000,000
years on the floors of the
oceans. The little animals be
came extinct, but left count
less fossils that bear witness
to their supremacy when
earth was younger.
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