The Resource Every second counts : the race to transplant the first human heart, Donald McRae
Every second counts : the race to transplant the first human heart, Donald McRae
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- Summary
- The true story of four men locked in a race to transplant the first human heart--a tale of surgical daring, unyielding ambition, and scientific adventure. Many remember the beaming face of South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard after he performed the first human heart transplant and captured the world's imagination. It was a stunning achievement, but he was not alone. In truth it was a four-way race, a fierce struggle fraught with passionate rivalry. The other three surgeons--Adrian Kantrowitz, Norman Shumway, and Richard Lower--were giants in the field, and by early December 1967 they and Barnard were each poised to snatch the victor's laurels. Each had spent years perfecting techniques; each had monitored his chosen patient's condition, watching the clock, hoping a donor would be found in time. Some of these men were friends; others were enemies, but only one of them would be the first.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (356 pages)
- Label
- Every second counts : the race to transplant the first human heart
- Title
- Every second counts
- Title remainder
- the race to transplant the first human heart
- Statement of responsibility
- Donald McRae
- Subject
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- Heart Transplantation -- history -- Biography
- History, 20th Century -- Biography
- Lower, Richard R
- Heart Transplantation -- Biography
- Heart -- Transplantation | History
- Shumway, N. E., (Norman Edward), 1923-2006
- Transplant surgeons -- Biography
- Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001
- Heart surgeons -- Biography
- Kantrowitz, Adrian
- Shumway, N. E., (Norman Edwards), 1923-2006
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The true story of four men locked in a race to transplant the first human heart--a tale of surgical daring, unyielding ambition, and scientific adventure. Many remember the beaming face of South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard after he performed the first human heart transplant and captured the world's imagination. It was a stunning achievement, but he was not alone. In truth it was a four-way race, a fierce struggle fraught with passionate rivalry. The other three surgeons--Adrian Kantrowitz, Norman Shumway, and Richard Lower--were giants in the field, and by early December 1967 they and Barnard were each poised to snatch the victor's laurels. Each had spent years perfecting techniques; each had monitored his chosen patient's condition, watching the clock, hoping a donor would be found in time. Some of these men were friends; others were enemies, but only one of them would be the first.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McRae, Donald
- Dewey number
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- 617.9/54092
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RD598.35.T7
- LC item number
- M45 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2006 I-910
- WZ 112.5.C2
- NLM item number
- M478e 2006
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Heart
- Transplant surgeons
- Heart surgeons
- Kantrowitz, Adrian
- Shumway, N. E.
- Lower, Richard R
- Barnard, Christiaan
- Barnard, Christiaan
- Kantrowitz, Adrian
- Shumway, N. E.
- Lower, Richard R
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart Transplantation
- History, 20th Century
- Label
- Every second counts : the race to transplant the first human heart, Donald McRae
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-342) and index
- Extent
- 1 online resource (356 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034673894
- Label
- Every second counts : the race to transplant the first human heart, Donald McRae
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-342) and index
- Extent
- 1 online resource (356 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034673894
Subject
- Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001
- Heart -- Transplantation | History
- Heart Transplantation -- Biography
- Heart Transplantation -- history -- Biography
- Heart surgeons -- Biography
- History, 20th Century -- Biography
- Kantrowitz, Adrian
- Lower, Richard R
- Shumway, N. E., (Norman Edward), 1923-2006
- Shumway, N. E., (Norman Edwards), 1923-2006
- Transplant surgeons -- Biography
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