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Body Soundings

Danny, in copy, recalls, the life of Robert Cardin, a nine year old who died this past week. Cardin was one of the first infants in this country to receive a heart transplant, in 1986. He wasn't even a month old at the time of the transplant. Then, we hear a commentary by Dr. Robert Verghese, about "percussion," a medical technique in which a physician thumps a patient's body as part of an examination.

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