Soft pictorial carton covers, 362 pages, black and white pictures / illustrations. SIGNED by Barnard on the title page. 1992 first edition. A copy in good condition.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the first heart transplant performed at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, sixty colleagues and acquaintances from throughout the world have put together a collection of reminiscences about Chris Barnard. The various contributions throw more light on Barnard's character, personality and expertise as a surgeon, writer and speaker.
Barnard completed South Africa's first successful kidney transplant in October 1967, and a few months later, on 3 December, made world history by performing the first human heart transplant.
He was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, but did not win the award. He performed 53 transplants before retiring in 1983.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 15 x 23 cm
