by Bruce Shawkey
Found this interesting article in a 1960s issue of Europa Star magazine:
Watchmaker Mends Heart
A Phoenix (USA) heart specialist, to compensate for poor heart functioning, had sewed two wires to a patient's heart and attached them to a small battery-powered device which sent periodic flows of current into the heart to keep it contracting. One of the wires corroded and broke, and at the physician's request, a jewelry and watch repairman did a careful soldering job while the patient stood by his bench. All went well, the pulse was found to be normal and the patient put on his shirt again and departed happily.
Incredible! Early use of a pacemaker, and repaired by a watchmaker!
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