The Nation - News from July 2, 1985
Artificial heart patient William J. Schroeder, 53, has taken his first outings since suffering a second stroke and may be discharged from the hospital again, a spokeswoman for Humana Hospital Audubon said in Louisville, Ky. The Jasper, Ind., man, who has lived the longest on the artificial heart, had been moved to a specially equipped apartment across the street from the hospital, but was readmitted after the stroke May 6, his second since receiving the Jarvik-7 heart Nov. 25.
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