German doing well after 1st double arm transplant
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_he_me/eu_germany_double_arm_transplant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081008/capt.d24d67e63d3e4372b54d4e73e999b1ea.aptopix_germany_arms_transplant_amun103.jpg?x=130y=83q=85sig=Yfg1WPyh2nrTte0gU76.IQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Karl Merk, center, and his surgeons Christoph Hoehnke, right, and Edgar Biemer, left, attend a news conference in Munich, southern Germany on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Farmer Merk 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 until he re-learns 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/Uwe Lein)" border="0" /></a>AP - A German farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again.</p><br clear="all"/>

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