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  • The World's First Human Heart Transplant

  • History in Half an Hour, Book 1
  • Written by: Ryan King
  • Narrated by: Ryan King
  • Length: 15 mins

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Written by: Ryan King
Narrated by: Ryan King
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Publisher's Summary

A fascinating look back at how one of the 20th century's medical milestones came to be in one of the most unlikely places on Earth - Apartheid South Africa.

The rest of the world had turned its back on South Africa after a controversial massacre in 1960, but seven years later, a pioneering heart surgeon was able to shine a much more positive light on the country when he performed the world's first major organ transplant. A tale about a truly inspirational man who, motivated through losing a brother to heart failure, was able to make this groundbreaking technology a reality that would go on to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

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