"Heart Transplantation in Man"
Journal article
By: James D. Hardy
Date: June 29, 1964
Source: Hardy, James D. "Heart Transplantation in Man." Journal of the American Medical Association 188, June 29, 1964, 1132–1134, 1135, 1138–1140.
About the Author: James D. Hardy (1918–2003) grew up in Newala, Alabama, and received a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942. In 1951, the university awarded him the Master of Medical Science in physiological chemistry. His transplant of a chimpanzee heart into a human in 1964 made international headlines. Hardy served as chairman of the surgery department of Loma Linda Medical Center in California from 1955 until his retirement in 1987.
Introduction
The transplant of a heart or any other organ into a human is complicated by the fact that the immune system recognizes a new heart or other organ in the same way it recognizes...
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