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Oxygenators

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence Dennis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 574
Abstract

Dr. Clarence Dennis (1909-2003) was a pioneering heart surgeon and developer of a heart-lung bypass machine. Laboratory notes, correspondence, publications, and professional papers chronicle his surgical and research career at the University of Minnesota, the State University of New York, and the National Heart and Lung Institute.

Dates: 1927-2003
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Development of a Pump-Oxygenator to Replace the Heart and Lungs: An Apparatus Applicable to Human Patients, and Application to One Case

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584928X136
Dates: Publication: October 1951
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

John H. Gibbon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 313
Abstract

Dr. John H. Gibbon invented the first artificial heart-lung machine and performed the first human open heart operation. The collection includes material on this subject as well as some biographical and genealogical data.

Dates: 1930-1981
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections