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World Service,7 mins

I Played Violin While Doctors Performed Surgery on my Brain

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Matthew Bannister interviews Naomi Elishuv, the musician who played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to stop a debilitating hand tremor. He asked her first when she had first noticed the tremor. Image: Lion Tzur

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