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C. Everett Koop operating on a newborn baby

Title:: C. Everett Koop operating on a newborn baby
Date:: 1950
Rights:: Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.
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Genre:: Photographic prints
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: QQBBTK
NLM ID:: 101584930X317
Profiles Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X317
Story Section:: Congenital Birth Defects and the Medical Rights of Children: The "Baby Doe" Controversy