[ FIRST ] [ TIME ] [ TRANSPLANT ] [ OF BOTH ARMS ] A German dairy farmer who received the world's first transplant of two complete arms has spoken about his new limbs - and the joy of scratching. Karl Merk had the 15-hour operation a year ago in Munich after losing his arms just below the shoulder in a 2002 combine harvester accident.

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