Summary Of Lewis Washkansky s First Human Heart Transplant
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n December of 1967, 53 year-old Lewis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. Washkansky, was dying from chronic heart disease and received the transplant for 25 year-old Denise Darvall who was fatally injured in a car accident. After the transplant, Washkansky was given a prescription to suppress his immune system and help his body accept the new heart. His prescription left him susceptible to illness and Washkansky died 18 days later from double pneumonia, however, his new heart functioned normally until he
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