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Name: Christiaan N. Barnard
Birth Date: November 8, 1922
Death Date: September 2, 2001
Place of Birth: Beaufort West, South Africa
Place of Death: Paphos, Cyprus
Nationality: South African
Gender: Male
Occupations: surgeon

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The South African surgeon Christiaan N. Barnard (1922-2001) performed the world's first human heart transplant operation in 1967 and the first double-heart transplant in 1974. Christiaan N. Barnard was born on November 8, 1922, in Beaufort West, South...
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Dr. Christiaan Barnard became internationally famous on December 3, 1967, when he performed the first human-to-human heart transplant. Many other surgeons had been struggling to prepare for this same historic operation, but Barnard's personal drive and...


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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it so it can be devoured by...


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Christiaan Neethling Barnard Summary
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1922- South African Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in 1967 in South Africa. Barnard's surgery focused attention on the rapidly developing field of organ transplantation and sparked social and philosophical...
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Christiaan Neethling Barnard (November 8, 1922 – September 2, 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon, famous for performing the world's first successful human-to-human heart...


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Heart Transplant Patient OK After 28 Yrs
9/13/2006: 444 words, approx. 2 pages
Doctors marvel that Tony Huesman is still among the living. The suburban Washington Township man has defied the odds, living longer with a single transplanted heart than anyone else. Huesman, 48, had a heart transplant 28 years ago. He recently...
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Today in History
11/26/2007: 491 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Monday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2007. There are 28 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who...
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Oklahoma City: Skirvin Hotel reopens
4/2/2007: 906 words, approx. 3 pages
Its spacious lobby was the meeting place of politicians and oil-rich millionaires.Its guest rooms and restaurants bustled with the frenetic pace of freewheeling ranchers and drillers.Its banquet rooms were the boisterous stumping ground of Oklahoma governors and at least four presidents.The ornate Skirvin Hotel _...
 


 

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