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The Medical and Franklin Library of Dr. William von Valtier, Part II
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HEART TRANSPLANTATION.
BARNARD, CHRISTIAAN. 1922-2001.
4 works relating to Barnard's pioneering heart transplant surgery:

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HEART TRANSPLANTATION.

BARNARD, CHRISTIAAN. 1922-2001. 4 works relating to Barnard's pioneering heart transplant surgery:
1. "A Human Cardiac Transplant: an Interim Report of a Successful Operation Performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town." IN: South African Medical Journal, Volume 41, number 48, December 30, 1967. Publisher's printed wrappers. Light handling wear. This special issue of the South African Medical Journal is dedicated to the first successful heart transplant surgery, performed by Barnard and his team in 1967.
2. "The Ultimate Operation." IN: Time, volume 90, number 24, December 15, 1967, pp 64-72. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Portrait of Barnard on front wrapper.
3. "Gift of a Heart." IN: Life, December 15, 1967. Publisher's pictorial wrappers with photo of the transplant recipient, Louis Washkansky, in his hospital bed.
4. "The Artificial Heart is Here." IN: Life, September, 1981. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Novelist James Salter contributes to reports on the successful implantation of the Jarvik artificial heart.

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