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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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Biography of Christiaan N. Barnard
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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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Biography of Christiaan Barnard
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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 Barnard Information
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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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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Christiaan Barnard 1922 - 2001
09/03/2001: 1,062 words, approx. 4 pages
CHRISTIAAN BARNARD 1922 - 2001 Surgeon's '67 transplant amazed world By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN New York Times Monday, September 3, 2001 Christiaan N. Barnard, the South African surgeon who in 1967 shocked the world by performing the world's first...
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The Washington Post
Heart Surgeon Christiaan Barnard Dies
09/03/2001: 1,065 words, approx. 4 pages
Christiaan Barnard, 78, the South African surgeon who became an international celebrity when he performed the world's first heart transplant in 1967, died of an asthma attack Sept. 1 at a resort on the southwestern coast of Cyprus. He collapsed in the morning...
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AP Features
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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