John Gibbon and his heart-lung machine / Ada Romaine-Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romaine-Davis, Ada, 1929- Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Anniversary Collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gibbon, John Heysham.

Thoracic surgeons--Biography--United States.

Thoracic surgeons.

Heart, Mechanical--History.

Heart, Mechanical.

Heart-Lung Machine.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures.

History.

Biography.

Publications.

Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures.

Artificial Organs.

Humanities.

Thoracic Surgical Procedures.

Surgical Procedures, Operative.

Surgical Equipment.

Equipment and Supplies.

Therapeutics.

Surgery.

Anesthesiology.

Medical sciences.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Heart-Lung Machine.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures.

History.

Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures.

Artificial Organs.

Humanities.

Thoracic Surgical Procedures.

Surgical Procedures, Operative.

Surgical Equipment.

Equipment and Supplies.

Genre:

History

Biographies

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages) : 75 illustrations.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Heysham Gibbon, Jr., M.D., was the first researcher to develop a heart-lung machine that could fully support an adult's cardiac and respiratory functions during surgical procedures to repair defects in the heart and lungs. The difficulty of such a task can be seen in the number of people who attempted it for over a century: the list is long. Gibbon succeeded on May 6, 1953, when he repaired an atrial-septal defect with the patient supported entirely by the machine for 27 minutes. Ada Romaine-Davis contends that few realize how long Gibbon worked to achieve this success. To rectify the situation, Romaine-Davis here provides a thorough study of Gibbon and his accomplishment. She shows how Gibbon overcame discouragement from his peers and mentors and obtained crucial support from IBM Board Chairman Thomas Watson. She examines each of the models produced by Gibbon and puts his achievement into historical perspective. Gibbon himself chose not to pursue cardiac surgery; he remained a thoracic surgeon. Others went on to develop the knowledge and skills that today make open-heart surgery as safe as other major surgical procedures. As Romaine-Davis amply demonstrates, these pioneers stand on the shoulders of a stubborn, persevering, single-minded genius whose determination to leave a legacy to his profession resulted in the one thing essential for sustained progress in heart surgery: John Gibbon's heart-lung machine. This meticulously researched study will make fascinating reading for physicians--especially surgeons--as well as for students and scholars of medical history and science and technology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Plates

List of Tables

Acknowledgments and Permissions

Preface

Birth and Early Years

The 1930s-Significant Years

JHG the Inventor

The 1940s-Model I

The 1950s-Model II

Bypass Surgery in Humans

Model III

The Mayo Clinic

The Mid-1950s to the 1970s

Support for Medical Research-1930 to 1955

In Support of Animal Experimentation

Impact of the Heart-Lung Machine

Slimming Up: JHG the Man

Afterword

Notes

Glossary

Appendix

Laboratory Experiments, 1931

1938

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512806359

1512806358

9780585172835

0585172838

OCLC:

979687826