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The South African cardiac surgeon who, in 1967, performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant operation, was photographed by Karsh on this day, June 6, in 1969, at the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada.
Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century
The South African cardiac surgeon who, in 1967, performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant operation, was photographed by Karsh on this day, June 6, in 1969, at the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada.