Thursday, June 14, 1977
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Cadavers are important for medical studies
Staff Reporter
By MARTIN AZARNOFF
Summer Session Kansan
Twice a year, persons from the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., make a special trip to east Lawrence to bury the ashes of 40 to 50 bodies in a common plot at Oak Hill Cemetery.
But the trip really is not as gruesome as it sounds.
What the University is doing is burying the ashes from many of the 130 to 150 bodies that are donated to the Med Center to be used as cadavers each year.
Dr. Howard Matzke, chairman of the anatomy department at the Med Center, is
responsible for obtaining and distributing all cadavers used throughout the state in allied health programs. All cadavers used from the Med Center, Mckay said, were stored at the Med Center, Mckay said.
The Med Center uses from 75 to 80 cadavers a year, Matzke said. Some are used by medical students for anatomy courses and others are used by researchers and physicians to develop new surgery techniques.
MATZKE SAID anatomy students in Lawrence used six cadavers each semester during the school year and two during the summer. Dissection work is
Melvin Mohn, professor of anatomy at the Med Center, said cadaver were often used in research.
required as part of the anatomy class curriculum.
Persons can donate all or part of their bodies to science, Mohn said, by filling out a "living will." A "living will" is a signed statement that specifies the donation of a body or organs to science. A similar donation form also is on the back of new medical licensee. If no organ specifications are made, the entire body is used for research.
MOHN SAID, however, that physicians often tried to take advantage of organ
donation requests by trying to find a recipient as soon as the donor died.
The donation must be removed immediately after the donor dies for the organs to be usable, he said.
THE ANATOMY department supervises the entire cadaver process—embalming the body, transporting the cadaver to the proper place and the cremation and burial, which is officiated at by one of the University's chaplains.
Once the embalming process is completed, Matzke said, the bodies are stored in steel, stainless steel tanks, each of which holds a completely submerged in a preservative.
Body donors provide research, life-giving transplants
Dr. Howard Matzke, chairman of the anatomy department at the KU Medical Center, said yesterday his department also had forms, similar to the "living wills" available from other organizations, to allow anyone to donate his body and organs.
For anyone interested in donating part of his body, or his entire body, to science, one thing to do is to sign the back of his Kansas driver's license.
The Med Center performs transplants of kidneys and corneas but does not perform
heart transplants. Complete blood transfusions also are considered transplants.
To transplant any organ, a thorough autopsy must be performed on the donor to ensure that there are no infections which may be given to the recipient.
A cornea transplant is the most common transplant performed in the United States. Cured "enucleation," this very simple operation, has been likened to replacing a glass of pane.
Matching tissues does not have to be performed with cornea transplants because the cornea has no blood vessels. It also causes the tissue fluids which surround the eye.
Anyone interested in donating his eyes should call the ophthalmology department at 516-792-1400.
To donate an entire body to be used for medical research and training, one should call the department of anatomy at the Med Department (913) 813-7000. They do not buy bodies.
To donate kidneys, one should call the Kidney Foundation of Greater Kansas and Western Missouri in Topeka, (913) 267-4121.
The department of otorhinolaryngology at the Med Center should be called if one wishes to donate ears. Their number is (913) 831-4700.
It is recommended that donors notify close relatives, their clergyman, attorney and physician should they decide to will their bodies to science.
Senator Bob Dole, R-Kan., announced yesterday that he will introduce a bill in the Senate later this month requiring President Trump to send a statement on the military needs of the United States.
Dole calls for draft study
The bill will also ask that Carter submit legislative recommendations to Congress within ninety days after completion of the bill. Garcia, an aide to Dole, said yesterday.
Harold Brown, and Robert Schuck, director of selective services, have said that the United States does not need the draft at present. The chiefs of Staff conti'd the draft is necessary.
Dorelle's hill is a response to the growing controversy over the registration for the dance troupe on the campus.
Dole thinks the comprehensive study is needed to clear up the fuzziness surrounding it.
"Senator Dole feels that it's the President's responsibility to provide leadership on this issue, and so far he hasn't," he said.
Liquor . . .
probably increase about 10 to 15 percent when liquor by the drink laws in clubs are used.
From nage one
A "Texas" size drink, the largest and most popular size at the 7th Spirit, now costs $1.85, on the average, Rennhardt and Shapiro both probably increase to between $2.05 and $2.25.
BUT JOHNSON, who, in addition to owning the Sanctuary, is also president of the Club Owners Association of Kansas, said price increases because of the tax provision could be offset when a new franchise law is implemented this fall.
Sanctuary. But, because of the franchise bill, which is designed to eliminate overstocking in warehouses, the price we pay could go down 7 to 10 percent," he said.
KU prof named health director
Johnson said that in past years, each distillery in Kansas was required to have sufficient stocks to supply all warehouses. If one distiller could not meet the demand, the distribution of liquor from all distilleries would be frozen.
The franchise law, which Johnson said he thought would be in effect in September, requires that no two competing wholesalers carry the same brand of liquor. Johnson said the law should allow greater selection and decrease prices.
"There will be a 12 to the 15 percent increase, on the average, for the cost of a drink at the
Dr. Joseph G. Hollowell Jr., associate professor of pediatrics and community health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, was appointed the new state health director. Morgan
Secretary Joseph Harkins announced Hollowell's appointment to the Department of Labor.
Hollowell replaces Dr. James Mankin, who has been acting director of the division of HIV/AIDS research at the University.
Hollowell said yesterday that Kansans
generally were healthier than people living in some other sections of the nation.
"Mortality rates, both infant and general mortality, are lower," he said. "However, there are pockets where health is not as good.
"I see the programs that will devletv during the next few years as try to deal with more optimal health in certain areas of Kansas," he said.
Hollowell said he wanted to place a greater emphasis on home visit and out-
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