Title:

C. Everett Koop with "Chickie", an orangutan at the Memphis Zoo

Date:

January 1991

Description:

Koop operated on the orangutan one day after his birth in 1981. Zoo officials named the primate "Chickie" in honor of the surgeon, "Chick" Koop, who saved him.

Location:

Folder: Scrapbook #99

Rights:

Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

QQBBXL

NLM ID:

101584930X381

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X381

Story Section:

Biographical Information