9 Jan 1963 Jahr - Artificial Heart and
Liver Transplant
Beschreibung:
Paul Winchell, the ventriloquist and inventor, patented the first artificial heart, developed in collaboration with Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, later famous for the Heimlich maneuver (nytimes).
The first human liver transplant was performed by Dr. Thomas E. Starzl. The patient, a 3-year-old child, rapidly bled to death (nytimes).
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