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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1963)
PAGE ZA WrdoFsday, December M, 1963 ! HERALD AND NEWS, Klamalh Falll, Ore. ! Chimpanzee Kidneys Transferred To Man Here it is! Klamath's Greatest IFVe-Christmas NEW ORLEANS IVPV DocW'orlcfr Jefferson Davis, with a pair of chimpanzee kid neys miraculously hooked into his ailing system, prepared to return home today for a new life owed to medical science. Davis, 44. got his life-saying kidneys six weeks ago. He said today he feeks "like a man who hasn't been sick a day in his life." Drugs i4 X-rays were "in ning a second part of (lie bat tle, against the tendency of the human body to reject ail for eign objccls, including healthy kidneys. By medication, doc tors said it appeared the trans plant was working despite this tendency- "At tliis time," Dr. Keith Reemtsma, a surgical spokes man, said, "it appears the re jection mechanism of the body has been overcome." Remnd In History Davis' operation was (he sec ond such surgery in history. A 12-member team of Tulane University sungeons performed the operation Nov. 5. Hie first operation, performed on a 32-year-old unidentified woman, as on Oct. 8. The kidneys in this case from a rhesus mon key failed and had to be re ! mow). She died tw days later from her original kidney dis ease. But in the woman's case, doctors said, anti-rejection drugs (ailed. Jleemtsma explained the drugs had been used in human-to-human kidney transplants. He said there was no way of knowing how long the kidneys would function in Davis or when the patient's system might reject the transplanted organs. Davis Feels Well "I can't feel any better than tliat," Davis told ncmcn Tuesday. "I fee! better than I have for five years. 1 feel like a man who hasn't been sick a day in his life." Asked why he agreed to the operation, he said the doctor told him "I couldn't live with what I've got. J had no choice. 1 want to outlive you all. I jut want to survive." Reemtsma said tlie main sig nificance of the case was that the special drugs and X-ray treatments apparently over came, the body 's natural tenden cy to reject foreign tissue. Klamath Falu, Orafm PutliihMt ail aicaai tal l a-4 lunoi" Sarvlna Seulharn Oraian and Norlhtrn Calllarflla y Klamatk PublliMnt Campaay Mi'n al Eiplanart. Phaaa TUitda Mill Snllrtd ai Mcand-clait mttltr at tha pott orflca at Klamath Falli. Ortoon. an Aalt M. 1'. act at Caa- aratl, March 3, ai. Sacand-claia pmt. aaa alia at Klamath Palli. Orafaik and al aUltlaaal malllm tfflini ,"l,r 1 Mt-lh t.W S Manila til M 1 Yaar mm Mall la Atfvanca I Maatn t.'l t Maallu Mm i I Ytar (ll.at Carrier and Daalara WaaMay, Cay, lat Sunaay, Ca, ... lie UHITIO PSS I NT BR NATIONAL audit auau OF CIRCULATION lutKrlaara nat ractlvlnf aallvary at thalr HaraM and Nawi, plaaaa ahaaa vuiada 4-aill afra J ajw. Cpini Ttalre 7i09 tM. Starts TONITE cary DORIS I TOUXG S.'.8&AUl'RKYME.POV8 FLOWER mmm - 4W song NANCY KWAN JAMES SHIGETA, WWMHIU JUi 100 MN.W fONti J. nrvnoui iiiirii SB TOMORROW! BATTLE ofthe BEHEMOTHS! GOLIATH MMStffljff His love -ITT ATT TPVT"T?T" THE -JX,, FLAMES .'f?A ,. 0F -mu t o REVOLT! VltHO V.av Tonife Only! A "MOVII MASTIRPIICI"! AN AIL TIMI GRIAT I the "WaiU Harit.M" Sfflai. OPENS 6:43 n M Our Winter Is Just Starting in the Klamath Country! Tlit loir- two months hovt been the warmest October and November since 1949 , , . wonderful for you . . . but impossible for "the coat business! Prices have been forced down, down, down in order to clear our racks. Now you con reap fantastic savings even before the cold weather starts! Remember . . . our winter is still ahead of us in the Klamath Country! SHOP TONITE! Miller's, will bt open until 9:00 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights so that you may hove every ad vantage to save at these Pre-Chmtmas Sale Prices! Li- ly f'lZi't 'Vxv H'vv A' at' V I..'. . .f -'..U.lf 1 v at 'j. ..-i-'v'!1 41 A' t f W 1 K 1 ,: It's the greatest Pre-Christmas Coat Sale ever staged in Klamath Falls! 300 all wool winter coats taken from regular stock and regrouped into 4 terrific price ranges. Such huge savings are usually not available to you until January Clearance time, but if you act now, you may have the pick of the stock at low prices even before the coldweather starts! Dozens of styles, all sizes, all famous brands! Hurry! Coat Values to 39.95 Now 2 (p) (o) Now (0) Now Co) (0) YES! WE'LL LAY THEM AWAY FOR CHRISTMAS. Each coat may be beauti fully gift wrapped free! Now ,: I ft ' .s 1 1 :-. - (o) GIRLS COATS ENTIRE STOCK! Girls famous brand coats now reduced tor quick clearance. Hurry for best selection! Vi OFF! FUR TRIMS Entire stock of luxurious fur trimmed coats has also been reduced for this Pre-Christmat Sale. Come in tonight and tee! 512 Main Free Customer Parking 5th and Klamath
