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The Ultimate Operation

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584939X7
Digital Object (text)

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Dates

  • Publication: 15 December 1967

Extent

5 pages

Description

This article was the cover story of this issue of Time magazine. It described the first human-to-human heart transplant and the surgeon, Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who performed the operation. The photographs were removed from the scanned image of the article for copyright reasons.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Original Profiles System Identifier

FFBBBJ

Source Category

Periodical

The Ultimate Operation. Time, (15 December 1967): 64-72. Article. 5 Images.

Time

Physical Description

Physical Condition - Good

Subjects

Linked Records

Collecting Area Details

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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