CHRISTIAAN BARNARD - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 192197
Sale Price $405.00
Reg. $450.00
CHRISTIAAN BARNARD
Performed the world's first successful heart transplant.
Illustration signed: "Chris Barnard", 8½x11. Printed drawing of the heart. Barnard (1922-2001) performed the world's first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on December 3, 1967. The patient, 53-year-old dentist Louis Washkansky, lived 18 days. After Washkansky died, Barnard and his team persevered with their innovative surgical procedure. His second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, lived for 18 months after the operation. Barnard's longest-surviving patient, Dirk van Zyl, lived with an implanted heart for 23 years before dying in 1996 of diabetes unrelated to his heart condition. Slightly creased at corners. Fine condition.
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