October 9th, 2008 // comments (0)

Photos: The Double Arm Transplant

Karl Merk, a 54-year-old farmer, reacts as he talks, during a news conference in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. A German farmer who received the world’s first complete double arm transplant is recovering well and able to perform some basic tasks, though doctors said Wednesday it still could take up to two years before he relearns how to use his hands. Doctors spent 15 hours on July 25-26 grafting the donor arms onto the body of 54-year-old Karl Merk, who lost his own just below the shoulder in a farm accident involving a combine six years ago.

(AP Photo/UweLein)

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