#OnThisDay in 2001, #ChristiaanBarnard, South African cardiac #surgeon who performed the 1st heart transplant, died from a severe asthma attack at 78.
#RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️

I'm slowly rebuilding my #rare #book #eBay store this summer, one book a day over the next three months. Today, a #1stPrinting of #ChristiaanBarnard's 1970 #OneLife, the memoirs of the first person in history to perform a successful heart transplant, who then became mired in controversy later in his career for endorsing quack medicine that was eventually banned by the FDA. Just $30 or your best offer! https://www.ebay.com/itm/156288979246

🇩🇪 Wikipedia Outre-Rhin ?
1. Christiaan Barnard #ChristiaanBarnard
2. Elisabeth von Österreich-Ungarn #ElisabethVonÖsterreichUngarn
3. AquaDom #Aquadom

On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little know... #ChristiaanBarnard #citation https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christiaan-barnard-quotes/#41d4d09d