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

Heart transplant surgery: Haskell Karp of Skokie, Illinois, after receiving an early artificial heart. Photograph, 1969.

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Karp, Haskell, -1969

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

Heart transplant surgery: Haskell Karp of Skokie, Illinois, after receiving an early artificial heart. Photograph, 1969.