Heart transplant surgery: Barbara Ewan, a heart donor, being transported to the operation at which her heart would be removed. Photograph, 1969.

London : Associated Press, [1969]

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 17.8 x 20.9 cm

Lawrence, Mass., April 7. Her heart replaces mechanical heart. Mrs Barbara Ewan, 40, of Lawrence, Mass., was the heart donor that replaced the mechanical heart of Haskell Karp in Houston, Texas today. Mrs Ewan was flown to Houston early today after suffering irreversible brain damage. The transplant was completed in two hours at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital by a team headed by Dr Denton A. Cooley. (Photo copyright by the Lawrence, Mass., Eagle-Tribune (APWirephotog21130)

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