Mechanical Heart and Lungs - This combined mechanical heart and lung machine, operated here by Jefferson Medical College Technician Joanne Crothers, was used successfully for the first time on a human. The operation, using the machine invented by Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr., professor of surgery at the college, was performed on Cecelia Bavolex, a freshman at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The machine was used when surgeons closed a whole in the heart of the 18-year-old girl.

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Title:
Mechanical Heart and Lungs - This combined mechanical heart and lung machine, operated here by Jefferson Medical College Technician Joanne Crothers, was used successfully for the first time on a human. The operation, using the machine invented by Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr., professor of surgery at the college, was performed on Cecelia Bavolex, a freshman at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The machine was used when surgeons closed a whole in the heart of the 18-year-old girl.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Heart + Heart Surgery
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. May 1953]
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 210 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3t948s35g
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_001248_0001
Barcode:
39999088103351