Correspondence, Christiaan Barnard to Owen Wangensteen, acknowledging Wangensteen's congratulatory letter regarding the world's first heart transplant
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Title
Correspondence, Christiaan Barnard to Owen Wangensteen, acknowledging Wangensteen's congratulatory letter regarding the world's first heart transplant
Subject
Open Heart Surgery
Description
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first successful heart transplant in December of 1967.
Barnard completed a residency from 1956-1958 under Owen Wangensteen, chief of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospitals.
Creator
Christiaan Barnard
Source
"Barnard, Christiaan N., 1956-1967," Box 5, Folder 142, Department of Surgery records, uarc1007, University of Minnesota Archives
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
13-Dec-67
Contributor
Owen H. Wangensteen
University of Minnesota
Rights
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Format
Document
Language
eng
Identifier
oh0107
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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Paper
Citation
Christiaan Barnard, “Correspondence, Christiaan Barnard to Owen Wangensteen, acknowledging Wangensteen's congratulatory letter regarding the world's first heart transplant,” Gallery, accessed May 1, 2024, https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/3328.