Title:

C. Everett Koop performing an operation at San-iku Kai Hospital in Tokyo, Japan

Date:

7 November 1961

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.

Location:

Folder: Scrapbook #90

Rights:

Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

QQBBTQ

NLM ID:

101584930X322

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X322

Story Section:

Congenital Birth Defects and the Medical Rights of Children: The "Baby Doe" Controversy