American Voices

Hand-Transplant Surgery

February 10, 1999 | ISSUE 35•05

On Jan. 25, a 37-year-old New Jersey man became the first person ever to receive a hand transplant in the U.S. What do you think about this medical breakthrough?

  • Speaking for my fellow torch-wielding mob members, I say we find the doctor who created this abomination and burn his castle laboratory to the ground.

    Jenny
    Borgmann
    Graphic
    Designer

  • Thanks to this miraculous medical breakthrough, soon I will finally know what it feels like to smack my son.

    Patrick Smalley
    Machinist

  • The doctors say if I don't find a hand donor in the next three months, I'll die.

    Isaac Zahn
    Systems Analyst

  • Would it be possible to get a squid tentacle instead?

    Gary Rivera
    Chemical Engineer

  • Now, if only modern science could develop some sort of knitted covering to slip over the newly transplanted hand to keep it warm in winter.

    Melanie Goltz
    Dance Instructor

  • So if you ruin your hands you can just get new ones? Wow, this year's Passion Play is gonna be the best ever.

    Omar Redfern
    Bank Teller

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