Pieter Smith, South Africa's third heart transplant recipient, in a hotel swimming pool with Lynn Lees, his timekeeper for the swim. Photograph by Associated Press, 1969.

Date:
1969
Reference:
587349i
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Description

Pieter Smith, a patient of Christiaan Barnard, received his heart transplant around September 1968

Publication/Creation

London : Associated Press, 1969.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 25.5 x 20.5 cm

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Lettering

Smith's dream holiday. South Africa's third heart transplant patient Mr Pieter Smith, arrived in Durban, South Africa, on Friday night, January 18 ... 260169 Associated Press Photo from London Lettering stamped on verso and mimeographed on attached sheet

Reference

Wellcome Collection 587349i

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