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Henry Swan II Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 575
Abstract
U.S. heart surgeon Henry Swan II made significant contributions to the development of open heart surgery techniques, particularly through his research in hypothermia and suspended circulation. Dr. Swan's professional career as a cardiac surgeon is documented in a collection of surgery records, correspondence, reprints, book drafts, speeches, reports, and biographical material.
Dates:
1935-1996
William C. DeVries Papers
Collection — Box: 19 - oversized separations
Identifier: MS C 588
Abstract
William Castle DeVries is the American heart surgeon who implanted the first total artificial heart (TAH) in a human patient in 1982. His collection of correspondence, medical records, x-rays, protocol and procedural documents, reports, scientific articles, manuscripts, publicity clippings, photographic images, and audiovisual materials mostly documents his professional career at the University of Utah Medical Center and the Humana Heart Institute International. The primary focus of this...
Dates:
1946-2002
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- Blood Circulation 1
- Heart, Artificial 1
- Hypothermia, Induced 1
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- Bigelow, W. G. (Wilfred Gordon), 1913- 1
- Blount, S. G. (Samuel Gilbert), 1917- 1
- Burcham, Jack C. 1
- Clark, Barney B., 1921-1983 1
- DeVries, William C. (William Castle), 1943- 1
- Humana Heart Institute International 1
- Humana, Inc. 1
- Jarvik, Robert, 1946- 1
- Kolff, Willem J., 1912- 1
- Lansing, Allan 1
- Paton, Bruce, 1925- 1
- Schroeder, William J. 1
- Swan, Henry, II, 1913-1996 1
- United States. Food and Drug Administration 1
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. School of Medicine 1
- University of Utah. Medical Center 1 ∧ less
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