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1968 Press Photo Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Heart Surgeon, At Press Conference

This is an original press photo. Dr. Christian Barnard, head of the medical team that performed two human heart transplants in Cape Town, South Africa, speaks today at a press conference in that city's Groote Schuur Hospital. Controversy has arisen about a claim to certain news rights in the case of Dr. Philip Blaiberg, the latest heart transplant patient.Photo measures 8 x 10.25inches. Photo is dated 01-04-1968.

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