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President's Heart and Stroke Commission. He's certainly the outstanding surgeon of the United States. He's the oustanding human being among surgeons and among most doctors.

Q:

I have a man in the parish who was operated on for the same thing.

Lasker:

Where? Here?

Q:

In Texas.

Lasker:

Did he go to Houston to DeBakey?

Q:

Yes, to DeBakey and the personal relationship which he has with DeBakey is fascinating. He hears from the doctor all the time. Any little change in his condition he must report to the doctor, and this has been two or three years now. This is a part of his research. He keeps in touch with his patients.

Lasker:

Yes. He's fantastic. He doesn't need more than three or four hours sleep a night, so he has much more time in the day, and he doesn't get tired. He doesn't get tired traveling to Europe, or very seldom. He went to Israel and back in three or four days. He went to Europe and back. He went to get a prize at Turin. He stopped in Paris and was taken to some





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