Christiaan Barnard : the surgeon who dared : the man and the story of heart transplantation / David K.C. Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, D. K. C. (David K. C.), 1939- author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001.

Barnard, Christiaan.

Transplant surgeons--South Africa--Biography.

Transplant surgeons.

Heart--Transplantation.

Heart.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

South Africa.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

543 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Stroud, Gloucestershire] : Fonthill, 2017.

Summary:

"From humble beginnings as a ̀barefoot boy' in a small town in the heart of South Africa, he learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, with royalty and popes, and quickly embraced the high-life of the jet-set who surrounded him. Throughout life, he was a serial womanizer, bedding famous European film stars (and their secretaries). He survived three tempestuous marriages and divorces, each wife becoming younger than the last until their age difference reached 40 years. This scientifically-trained surgeon called on the services of a ¹itchdoctor' (a sangoma)-unsuccessfully-to help punish those who had contributed to the break-up of his second marriage. With no experience himself, he trained his daughter to become the second-ranked water skier in the world, though he was disappointed she never became world champion. Perhaps the immense effort he put into driving her to success accounted for the relative neglect of his oldest son, who, as a young doctor, suffered increasing depression until he died of a drug overdose at an early age. The surgeon pursued his goals in heart surgery despite a lifetime of pain from arthritis and a disability from asthma, which might eventually have killed him. Having established the first major heart surgery programme in Africa, he eventually became distracted by other interests until he was a mere shadow in his own department. Yet he remained in the public eye through his gifts for public speaking and as a writer..."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Most Unforgettable Character 17

2 Barefoot Boy: Childhood 23

3 Learning His Trade: Medical School and Junior Doctor 43

4 The New World: Surgical Training in Minneapolis 62

5 Mentor and Maverick: Walt Lillehei 89

6 Proving Himself: Establishing Heart Surgery in Cape Town 94

7 Prelude to the First Heart Transplant 127

8 Studing Kidney Transplantation with David Hume in Virginia 152

9 Life's Defining Moment: The First Human-to-Human Heart Transplant 175

10 The Heart Transplant Heard Around the World 215

11 The Controversy over Hamilton Naki 224

12 The First Survivor: Barnard's Second Heart Transplant 228

13 Heart Transplant Fever 240

14 Meeting of the Minds: The First International Conference 249

15 The Consequences of Fame 258

16 A Way with Words: Chris as a Public Speaker 279

17 Fame over Family 287

18 Keeping Up With the Pack: Subsequent Heart Transplants in Cape Town 302

19 Another Innovation: The Piggyback Heart Transplant 311

20 Second Wife, Second Life 320

21 Insight and Innovation: Subsequent Progress in Heart Transplantation 339

22 A Price Too High: Personal Tragedies 353

23 Money Matters: Business Opportunities 376

24 New Horizons: Oklahoma City 387

25 'Three Strikes and You're Out': Third Marriage 396

26 The Media: Make and Break 405

27 Putting Pen to Paper: A Secondary Career 416

28 Was Everything Black or White? Chris's Opinions on Apartheid 445

29 The Nobel Prize: Should Chris Have Received It? 470

30 Old Age and Death 479

31 Looking Back 499.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781781556399

1781556393

OCLC:

1017804575

Publisher Number:

99975431426