In nineteen forty-seven, Doctor Beck saved a patient with a defibrillator device for the first time.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

It was implanted into the first patient, a gentleman in Kentucky, and he stayed alive for a period of time with this device replacing his heart.

第一个植入这个人工心脏病人是,住在肯塔基州的一位先生,他在移植手术后,存活了一段时间

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Doctors can collect it with a needle. But people who donate marrow must first have tests to make sure they are a good match for the patient.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

"I believe that most Hong Kong people will feel that we have won the first battle, able to control the spread of infection from the first index patient,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

The first step uses a bit of influenza DNA to get the patient's immune system to begin fighting off the flu, and then the protection is given a "boost" some time later by the second step, which can be either another bit of DNA or a conventional flu vaccine.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21