"ANOTHER HELPING. PLEASE," says four year-old Sonya Metts from her bed in a Columbia (South Carolina) hospital after tasting food for the first time in her life. Until a series of operations was completed recently, the child was fed through a tube directly into her stomach because she was born without an oesophagus. The first thing she asked for was chocolate ice-cream.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31188, 12 October 1966, Page 23
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62"ANOTHER HELPING. PLEASE," says four year-old Sonya Metts from her bed in a Columbia (South Carolina) hospital after tasting food for the first time in her life. Until a series of operations was completed recently, the child was fed through a tube directly into her stomach because she was born without an oesophagus. The first thing she asked for was chocolate ice-cream. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31188, 12 October 1966, Page 23
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