A 40-year-old woman from Lawrence, Mass. is placed in an ambulance early 4/7 after arriving in Houston by jet. The woman who's heart was kept alive after she was pronounced dead was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital where her heart was transplanted into the chest of Haskell Karp by surgeon Dr. Denton Kooley. Karp has been living with a mechanical heart since 4/4.

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Title:
A 40-year-old woman from Lawrence, Mass. is placed in an ambulance early 4/7 after arriving in Houston by jet. The woman who's heart was kept alive after she was pronounced dead was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital where her heart was transplanted into the chest of Haskell Karp by surgeon Dr. Denton Kooley. Karp has been living with a mechanical heart since 4/4.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Heart Transplant
Photographer:
United Press International
Name on Item:
UPI
Date:
[ca. April 1969]
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 217 x 278 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wp98cm768
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_0010
Barcode:
39999088103351