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Christiaan Barnard [1922-2001] South African
Rank: 102
Scientist, Surgeon


Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

Medical, Moving On



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If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.
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Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. Moving On
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I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it. Medical
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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
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The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.
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