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...world, schistosomiasis is so much an accepted plague of life that the abdominal pain it causes, the blood in the urine and feces, often are disregarded until too late. After years of apparent health, a victim's abdomen may swell as he gradually grows weak and dies, his liver, lungs, urinary tract or even his heart damaged beyond hope from the irritation caused by thousands of parasite eggs...
...sensitivity to the sun. In some forms of porphyria, skin sensitivity is slight, but the victim suffers severe abdominal pains, bizarre mental disturbances, and sometimes respiratory paralysis. Mrs. Carlson suffers from a form called porphyria cutaneatarda, in which the porphyrin overproduction can be traced to an inherited liver malfunction. Doctors have studied such cases for years, but have only recently found a strong clue to what actually happens in the body...
...villagers battling for control. Defenders whittle branches into spikes, set them upright under leaves to lame invaders. To show the "natives" how to treat wounds, a friendly medic snaps the neck of a rabbit, slits its belly open for a blood-and-guts anatomy lesson. "This is the liver." he explains. "These are the intestines...
...Sarit came into prominence as a hard-drinking, hard-wenching army field marshal who once showed up at an embassy dinner party in Bangkok carrying his own liquor, with the complaint that his host's hooch was second rate. Cirrhosis of the liver and the responsibility of power calmed him down. Though he once was involved in various devious deals, he slashed corruption to the minimum. "He wants his name in the history books, not his money in a Swiss bank account," an observer explained...
...anyone, and everyone with a healthy pair is a potential donor. Even so, the kidney may not prove to be the easiest or the most wanted transplant. The pancreas, source of insulin, would be a boon to a diabetic. Dr. Moore is already making experimental transplants of whole livers between dogs. In Denver, two months ago. Colorado General Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital surgeons attempted the first human liver transplant, from a girl of ten. who died of a brain tumor, to a boy of three. The boy died of profuse bleeding...