The Nation - News from Oct. 30, 1985
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A surgeon has been given approval to simultaneously transplant six organs--a liver, stomach, large and small intestine, pancreas and spleen--into a man at Presbyterian-University Hospital in Pittsburgh. Awaiting the surgery is Herbert G. Seal, 36, of Pekin, Ind. Four years ago, Seal, who initially suffered from ulcerative colitis, had all but six inches of his intestines removed in two operations. Since then, he has been fed intravenously. Over the years, his other organs have begun to fail.
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