Heart transplant surgery: Michael E. Debakey and others performing a heart transplant operation in Houston, Texas, 1968. Photograph, 1968.

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[1968]
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780359i
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London (83-86 Farringdon Street) : The Associated Press Ltd., [1968]

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1 photograph : photoprint ; image 15 x 20.3 cm

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Houston, Tex., August 31. Heart transplanting. Dr Michael E. Debakey (left front) today during the heart transplant operation at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Dr Debakey headed amore than 60 doctor team that not only transplanted the heart of Mrs Nelva Lou Hernandez to William C. Carroll, 50, of Scottsdale, Ariz., but transplanted the kidneys and a lung to other recipients. (AP wirephoto)

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Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, 31 August 1968

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Wellcome Collection 780359i

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