MAY RESTORE SIGHT
MURDERERS GIFT : I BAN FRANCISCO. 4th November. Iv.o blind persons may regain their sight through the generosity of John W. I leering, a murderer who was exe- j • uted by a firing-squad at Sail Lake City (Utah; on Monday. Before the execution Deering offered Jus body to science, and to-day a physician transplanted corneas from the criminal s eyes to the eyes of a sightless boy, aged four years, and a man, aged 25 j years. ’1 he surgeon explained that it will be ; nine days before be knows whether the i giafted corneas have “taken root,” but j lu believes that there is a good chance ; that both tlie boy and the man will be : again. Deering also allowed an electro-cardio-graph to be attached to his body before he was shot. The instrument, which pho- : tographed his heart action, showed that his heart continued to beat for 15.6 seconds after four bullets had entered his body.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 24 November 1938, Page 8
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160MAY RESTORE SIGHT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 24 November 1938, Page 8
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