The transplantation of organs will be assimilated into ordinary clinical practice ... and there is no need to be philosophical about it. This will come about for the single and sufficient reason that people are so constituted that they would rather be alive than dead.-Sir Peter Medawatjs WIFT advances in organ transplantation are forcing us to think about what was once unthinkable: buying human organs. In the spring of 1968 the following item appeared in the classified columns of a Los Angeles suburban newspaper: NEED A TRANSPLANT? Man will sell any portion of body for financial remuneration to person needing an operation. Write Box 1211-630, Covina. 1
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