Receives New Heart--Mrs. Beth White Brunk, 49, of Houston received the heart of Mrs. Betty O'Neal of Corsicana, Texas Monday night. Doctors said it was the first woman-to-woman transfer of the organ. Mrs. Brunk was reported doing well a few minutes after the operation, the eighty heart transplant done at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

Viewing image 1 of 2
Next >
  • image 1
  • image 2

Item Information

Title:
Receives New Heart--Mrs. Beth White Brunk, 49, of Houston received the heart of Mrs. Betty O'Neal of Corsicana, Texas Monday night. Doctors said it was the first woman-to-woman transfer of the organ. Mrs. Brunk was reported doing well a few minutes after the operation, the eighty heart transplant done at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Heart Transplant
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. July 1968]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Hearts (Anatomy)
Surgery
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 278 x 205 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53p098h
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001249_0013
Barcode:
39999088103351