AFTER BARNEY CLARK Reflections on the Utah Artificial Heart Program
by Edited By: SHAW, MARGERY W
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0292703767
- ISBN 13
- 9780292703766
- Seller
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Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
University of Texas Press, 1984. 1st Edition - Stated. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 221 pp., navy blue cloth bdg with gilt-stamped spine. Colour phototype portrait of Barney Clark as frontispice. Mr Clark was the first recipient of a permanent artificial heart on December 2nd 1982, his courageous 112 days of living attached to this cumbersome, noisy device captivated America, leaving one to wonder whether or not this experiment actually contributed to medical advancement in cardiology.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
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- Bookseller
- Odyssey Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 594H
- Title
- AFTER BARNEY CLARK Reflections on the Utah Artificial Heart Program
- Author
- Edited By: SHAW, MARGERY W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition - Stated
- ISBN 10
- 0292703767
- ISBN 13
- 9780292703766
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, Texas
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- MEDICINE. SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- MEDICINE;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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