Medicine: Teddy's Ordeal

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The hour-long operation, on the following Saturday morning, appeared to go equally well. Doctors cut back the skin, muscle and other tissue, sawed through the bone above the knee and then drew the remaining tissue down to form a well-padded stump. Teddy's recovery seems to be going even better. A day after the operation, he left his bed briefly and read some of the thousands of letters and telegrams wishing him a speedy recovery.

Doctors will not say when Teddy will be fitted with an artificial leg. But the youngster is not waiting that long to learn how to get around. With the toughness characteristic of his clan, he reported to the hospital's therapy unit last week, and with the aid of parallel bars and a temporary peg leg, began learning to walk again.