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First picture of the inside of the heart in open operation

Title:: First picture of the inside of the heart in open operation
Date:: [February 1953]
Location:: Box: 18. Folder: 4
Rights:: Courtesy of Henry Swan.
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Genre:: Photographic prints
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: HPBBJV
NLM ID:: 101584933X142
Profiles Collection:: The Henry Swan Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584933X142
Story Section:: The Cold Heart: Hypothermia and Cardiac Surgery, 1949-1962