Chimpanzee heart transplant

Title

Chimpanzee heart transplant

Genre

News report

TX Date

13 Oct 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:01:43

Description

Rob Batsford reports on the use of a chimpanzee heart in a transplant operation by Dr Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa.

Contributors

Christiaan Barnard; Rob Batsford

Keywords

Heart transplantation; South Africa; Cape Town; Chimpanzees; Laboratory animals; Christiaan Barnard

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