scholarly journals Christiaan Barnard—The surgeon who dared: The story of the first human-to-human heart transplant

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David KC Cooper
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Human Heart ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Donor Heart ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Heterotopic Heart Transplantation ◽  
Active Life ◽  
The World ◽  
Hourly Basis

In 2017, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first human heart transplant that had been carried out by the South African surgeon, Christiaan (‘Chris’) Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on December 3rd, 1967. The daring operation and the charismatic surgeon received immense public attention around the world. The patient’s progress was covered by the world’s media on an almost hourly basis. Although the patient, Mr. Louis Washansky, died after only 18 days, Barnard soon carried out a second transplant, and this patient led an active life for almost 19 months. Remarkably, Barnard’s fifth and sixth patients lived for almost 13 and 24 years, respectively. Barnard subsequently introduced the operation of heterotopic heart transplantation in which the donor heart acted as an auxiliary pump, with some advantages in that early era. It took great courage to carry out the first heart transplant, and this is why Barnard is remembered as a pioneer in cardiac surgery.

scholarly journals BARNARD Christian NetLink (to the 95th of birthday and 50th anniversary of the first in the world successful heart transplant)

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
Alexander Alekseevich Andreev ◽  
Anton Petrovich Ostroushko
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cardiothoracic Surgeon ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

Barnard (Barnard) Christian Nettling South African surgeon, performed the first successful heart transplant man, he was born in 1922 in Beaufort West in South Africa. In 1940 he graduated from school in 1946, the medical faculty of the University of Cape town. In 1953 he received the degree of doctor of medicine at the medical school of the University of Cape town. In 1956, he studied cardiac surgery in the US, where in 1958 he received the degree of doctor of medicine. After returning to South Africa K. Barnard was appointed cardiothoracic surgeon, and soon the head of surgical research, Department of cardiothoracic surgery at the clinic of the University of Cape town. In the October 1959 Christian Bernard is the first in Africa performed a successful kidney transplant. In 1962 he held the post of assistant Professor in the Department of surgery of the University of Cape town. December 3, 1967 K. Barnard and his colleagues have performed the first successful orthotopic transplantation of the human heart. In 1972 he was appointed Professor of surgical Sciences at the University of Cape town. In 1974 K. Barnard produced the world's first heterotopic heart transplant man. In 1981 he developed the patronage system of the heart by conducting hypothermic perfusion. In 1983, K. Barnard, resigned. He is the author of the autobiographical book "One life" (1970), published in co-authorship with Z. Stander anti-racist novel "Undesirable elements" (1974). Christian Barnard died on 2 September 2001, Paphos, Cyprus.

scholarly journals First human heart transplantation in the national and foreign history of medicine

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
A. Ya. Ivanyushkin ◽  
B. G. Yudin ◽  
O. V. Popova ◽  
O. N. Reznik
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
South African ◽  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Human Heart ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
History Of

The first human heart transplant immediately exposed many unsolved problems of organ transplant existing at an early stage of the development of that kind of medical technology. The review of historical, legal and philosophical aspects of the first human heart transplantation in Russia and abroad is presented. Special attention is paid to the role and destiny of the pioneers of heart transplantation. The dramatic lives of Vladimir Demikhov and famous South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard are compared. The hard way of the heart transplantation founders is not lost, worthy successors continued their work, saving the lives of hundreds and thousands of patients.

«CHERNOMOR»: TO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LONGEST EXPERIMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-132
Author(s):  
T. M. Podymova
Keyword(s):  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Maximum Depth ◽  
Optimal Methods ◽  
Oxygen Breathing ◽  
Scientific Experiments ◽  
The World ◽  
Southern Branch ◽  
Physiological Research ◽  
And Training

The work is devoted to a brief description of the preparation and conduct series of scientific experiments in the underwater laboratory “Chernomor” during the period of 1967–1972. The experiments were carried out at the depths from 8 to 30 meters. The place of the experiments is the Southern Branch of the Institute of Oceanology (Gelendzhik). It was unique experiments in the duration of a person’s stay underwater. The maximum depth for “Chernomor” was identified, the optimal methods of organizing work in underwater inhabited houses and the permissible depths for the use of nitrogen-oxygen breathing mixtures were determined. Specialized medical and physiological research was carried out to develop a methodology for the selection and training of aquanauts for future scientific crews. “Chernomor” was the only underwater house in the world that served on the seabed for five seasons in a row. More than 50 scientists from all over the country worked in it in different crews. The work is a tribute to the memory of all enthusiasts and dreamers: designers and developers, engineers and technicians, divers and scientists, everyone involved in those unforgettable events.

scholarly journals Theology and the (post-)apartheid university: Mapping discourses, interrogating transformation

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rian Venter
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Specific Position ◽  
Radical Transformation ◽  
Distinct Approach ◽  
Large Corpus

This article examines the specific position of Theology at South African universities, following the recent developments on campuses that catapulted the urgency for greater commitment to radical transformation in higher education to public attention. A large corpus of material is generated on theological education as such, but the major question is rarely thematised as the transformation of Theology at public universities in (post-)apartheid South Africa. This article addresses the nature of the challenge by following a distinct approach. Ten major discourses in the wider reflection on theological education are identified and interpreted as avenues to achieve three aims: to convey the unique challenge for Theology, to give historical texture to issues conventionally addressed a-politically in Theology and to forward an interpretation of ‘transformation’ for Theology that emphasises its multi-layered nature

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