Early Recipients of Heart Transplants at Barnes Hospital in the 1980s

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“Early Recipients of Heart Transplants at Barnes Hospital in the 1980s,” Madison Historical, accessed December 22, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2051.

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This photograph shows some of the first recipients of a heart transplant at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, today Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Barnes started performing heart transplants in 1985.

This photograph was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Mary Joe Kirby.

2019 Civic Memorial High School Class Visit

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• Kirby, Mary

circa 1986 - 1987

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• Black and white photographic print

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