The C. Everett Koop Papers
- Title:
- [C. Everett Koop performing an operation at San-iku Kai Hospital in Tokyo, Japan]
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- Description:
- In this photo, Koop demonstrated an operation for correcting biliary atresia congenital absence obliteration (or underdevelopment of the components of the bile ducts) at this hospital founded by Chinese medical students in 1917. He was visiting Japan to lecture at the First International Congress of Therapy, which took place on November 10-13, 1961.
- Number of Image Pages:
- 1 (131,990 Bytes)
- Date:
- 1961-11-07 (November 7, 1961)
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Rights:
- Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.
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- Exhibit Category:
- Congenital Birth Defects and the Medical Rights of Children: The "Baby Doe" Controversy
- Folder Number:
- Scrapbook #90
- Unique Identifier:
- QQBBTQ
- Document Type:
- Photographic prints
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2003-08-28
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