IN QUEST OF YOUTH

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1922, Page 4

IN QUEST OF YOUTH

NEW YOUfc, Jiiiii? 20. Mr IhilOld F. Ht-Col-micl;. the millibKoin*, Hpiiff \Vjiolft a rdjhTOiiitifig optiriitiou was [oriolhitert a ft*w days ago ih a Clffcdgtii hospital,• is, ftPCoMing to \-e--terdny’s bulletin, in “Cxf-ellent spirits” and ‘-his eonditiUti ftOtn :x shrgiriil point of view is excellent. Mr MeCormiek, Who Is 31, is reported to have hceomd interested iti tile subject of prolonging life through a cliaribS remark by a specialist wfiohi lid met in Europe. Dr Victor D. I.eSfJiliassp, who performed what hp ea'lled it niiilOr Operation on Mr McCdhriiefe has Wtiii faiho by transplanting vital glaitds of animals to human beings, add in several instances from one luifnaii being to another. He refuses describe the exact nature of the operation, and Htt MO- - -r-i-r * * -*r<»t 1r ■■

Cormick himself is willing to t:ilk gaily | to visitors on every subject but that of his operation. Reporters, however have discovered in the hospital another patient, a young m.m of athletic propensities aitil Herculean stature, on whom an operation lias also been performed. 1 New York physicians express doubts as to the’ possible success of any transplantation. Shiite of them, discussing tie problem in general terms declare that the purchase bv one individual of a jjlamt fi'olll another is opposed to liiedfciil laws which, based on common law. prestiUVes that the individual niiikirig the snfcrifue of an organ is not competent to give his consent.