Adventist Review General Paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church December 13, 1984 Baby Fae: istoric heart transplant Pages 3-7, 16, 17 Cover: Thirteen days after her historic baboon-to- human heart transplant surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Baby Fae listens to her mother's voice on the telephone. Baby Fae's mother, who had a cold, was unable to be in the same room with her baby Three weeks after the surgery, in spite of valiant efforts to save her, Baby Fae died. See pages 3-7. 16, 17. New-style Sabbath school quarterlies Page 10 How I view the church Page 15 THIS WEEK Adventist Review The October 26 transplant of a baboon heart into a 2- week-old baby—"Baby Fae" —by a team of surgeons at Loma Linda University Medical Published continuously since 1849 Center probably put the name EDITOR Seventh-day Adventist on the William G. Johnsson front page of more newspapers ASSOCIATE EDITOR for more days running than any Myron K. Widmer other single event in the history of the Adventist Church. MANAGING EDITOR Jocelyn R. Fay Because the event has gen- erated such media attention and ASSISTANT EDITORS James N. Coffin, Eugene F. Durand has been discussed by so many Aileen Andres Sox people, we have chosen to ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY devote considerable space in Corinne Russ this issue to the topic. Loma tion" (p. 5). The editorial permission of Zondervan Bible EDITORIAL SECRETARIES Linda University Relations Chitra Barnabas. Jeanne James director Richard W. Weismeyer "Issues of the Heart" (p. 16) Publishers. shares an overview of what analyzes the propriety of what Art and photo credits: ART Director, Byron Steele happened, in "Loma Linda was done. Cover, pp. 2, 5, 7, Robert Designer, G. W. Busch Performs Historic Heart Trans- Bible credits: Texts in this Rearick (Loma Linda Univer- CONSULTING EDITORS plant" (p. 3). James Coffin, issue credited to N.I. V . are sity Medical Center); pp. 10, Neal C. Wilson, Charles E. Bradford, L. L. Bock, L. L. Butler, Charles B. Hirsch, W. ADVENT- from The Holy Bible: New 11, Holly M. Denton; p. 13, assistant editor of the R. Lesher, Alf Lohne, Kenneth J. Mitt- IST REVIEW, reports the media's International Version. Copy- Mary Rumford; all other photos leider, Enoch Oliveira, G. Ralph Thomp- reaction, in "Heart Transplant right © 1978 by the Interna- courtesy of the respective son, Francis W. Wernick Draws Mixed but Strong Reac- tional Bible Society. Used by authors. SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Kenneth H. Wood, Robert H. Pierson, George W. Brown, G. J. Christo, W. T. Clark, Bekele Heye, R. J. Kloosterhuis, Edwin Ludescher, Jan Paulsen, W. R. L. Scragg, Joao Wolff LETTERS SOUTHWESTERN UNION EDITION Editor, Richard W. Benda]] EASTERN AFRICA EDITION Letters submitted for publication should church has rejected the view trine. The second point, how- Editor, Bill Edsell contribute ideas and comments on articles or material printed in the ADVENTIST that in effect would raise her ever, deals with the whole his- REVIEW. They should be brief, not exceed- tory of Adventism. INTER-AMERICAN EDITIONS ing 250 words, and must carry the writer's writings to the place of a third Editor, Wanda Sample name, address, and telephone number canon of Scripture." I agree Ellen White's writings have (although this number will not be printed). SOUTH AMERICAN EDITIONS Letters must be legible, preferably typewrit- with this wholeheartedly and I been the most influential factor Editor. R. S. Lessa, Portuguese ten, and doublespaced. All will be edited to in developing the Adventist dis- Acting Editor. Rubem M. Scheffel. meet space and literary requirements, but realize that this has officially Portuguese the author's meaning will not be changed. been the position of our church. tinctives—publishing work, Editor, Rolando Itin, Spanish Views expressed in the letters do not necessarily represent those of the editors or Under point four the editor medical work, educational of the denomination. Address letters for this work, and lifestyle. CIRCULATION column to Editor, ADVENTIST REVIEW, 6840 wrote, "Her work and writings Manager, Robert S. Smith Eastern Ave., NW., Washington, D.C. have been, and continue to be, Associate, L. Rhea Harvey 20012. the chief shaper of this move- Australia TO CONTRIBUTORS Publishing work ment." It seems to me that this Re "Australasia: Progress Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome, but last statement is not in agree- notification as to acceptance or rejection Thank you for the promotion After Pain" (Oct. 4). may be expected only if accompanied by a ment with the previous state- stamped, self-addressed envelope. for the publishing work in the We lived in Australia for ment. It seems that the editor is October 4 issue. It was well put many years until recently. Hap- An index is published in the last Review of saying that officially our posi- June and December. The Adventist Review together, precise, and projected pily we were members of a is indexed in the Seventh-day Adventist tion is such and such, but in the proper image of the pub- church in Canberra where the Periodical Index. reality Ellen White plays the lishing work. EUGENE JUHL doctrinal issues were not The Adventist Review (ISSN 0161-1119) is largest role in determining what Publishing Director allowed to disrupt the spiritual published every Thursday. Copyright © Adventists are all about. I 1984 Review and Herald Publishing Associ- Georgia-Cumberland life of church members. ation, 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagers- would hope that we could move town, Maryland 21740, U.S.A Second- Conference It is interesting that Bible class postage paid at Hagerstown, Mary- from that position and allow the Calhoun, Georgia study enrollments have risen land. Postmaster: send form 3579 to Review Scriptures and Jesus Christ to be and Herald Publishing Association, 55 West dramatically (60 percent in the Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland Ellen White the chief shapers of our first four months of this year) in 21740. Subscriber: send address change to church. BOB HUNTER the above address. Subscriptions: one year. I agreed with much of "Ellen Australia. This, in part, may be US$30.95. Single copy, 90 cents U.S. Stone Mountain, Georgia currency. Prices subject to change without White in Perspective" (edito- due to the publicity given the notice. rial, Aug. 16) and was glad to ■ The two points are not ih Chamberlain case and recogni- Address all editorial correspondence to 6840 see it in print. tension, as Pastor Hunter sug- tion at last that Adventists are Eastern Avenue NW., Washington, D.0 However, I would appreciate gests. The first refers to theol- Christians and not a cult. 20012. a clarification. Under point ogy matters: Here the Bible is JAN and BRIAN MANTLE Vol. 161, No. 50. three the editor said, "The the source of Adventist doc- Pasco, Washington 2 (1306) ADVENTIST REVIEW, DECEMBER 13, 1984 Loma Linda performs historic heart transplant By RICHARD W. WEISMEYER "A baby girl was born with a While the news of this surgery came as a surprise to much of the world, research leading up to it has been going on at severe birth defect. Had nothing Loma Linda University for the past seven years. Since 1977, been attempted surgically, her intensive laboratory research in the area of newborn heart impending death was a certainty." transplantation has been conducted by Dr. Bailey at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Loma Linda University Medical Center. Data from this research suggests that babies born with the lethal heart condition known as hypoplastic left-heart syndrome may have the potential for survival by having heart transplantation during the first few days of life. However, he stretch and yawn of a small, dark-haired, blue-eyed human hearts are virtually impossible to obtain that are Tbaby girl who underwent a historic heart transplant at size-matched and compatible with a neonate. Loma Linda University Medical Center have captured the Even though relatively uncommon, hypoplastic left-heart hearts of millions of people throughout the United States and syndrome is not rare. This defect accounts for approximately around the world. .25 percent of all deaths from heart disease in the first month The transplant of a baboon heart into this 2-week-old girl of life. by a team headed by Dr. Leonard Bailey, a 1969 graduate of New and original information from the Loma Linda the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, was the first University Surgical Research Laboratory, coupled with the of its kind in a neonate (newborn) ever attempted. The news release of a new immunosuppressive agent—cyclo- made the front page in newspapers throughout the United sporine—has opened the way for unique clinical studies in States and around the world, in such places as London, Paris, heart transplantation. These clinical trials have been studied Berlin, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Beijing. extensively and approved by the Loma Linda University Reaction to the news was mixed. The San Diego Union, in Institutional Review Board, the Loma Linda University an editorial on Saturday, November 3, stated in part that "the Bioethics Center, the medical center bioethical committee, great medical team at highly respected Loma Linda Medical the medical center standing transplantation committee, the Center has demonstrated medical science at its best, which is medical center administration, the departments of surgery to say it was willing to dare failure and controversy to save a and pediatrics in the School of Medicine, and the School of life that would otherwise have been lost. And even if Baby Medicine administration. Fae does not survive, she and her doctors will have advanced medical knowledge for the ultimate benefit of mankind." A defective heart Other newspaper editorial pages expressed the same Baby Fae was born in mid-October in a southern opinion.