One Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work in medical memoir and autobiography, One Life chronicles the extraordinary journey of Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant in December 1967. Written with journalist Curtis Bill Pepper, the narrative traces Barnard's humble origins in the small town of Beaufort West, his rigorous medical training across South Africa and the United States, and the relentless ambition that drove him to the operating table at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The tone is candid and deeply personal, presenting not only the triumphant scientific achievement but also the profound ethical, emotional, and human dimensions of transplanting a living heart from one person to another. Barnard illustrates with unflinching honesty the pressures, doubts, and controversies that surrounded the procedure, as well as the complex lives of the patients who placed their fate in his hands. One Life stands as both a gripping human story and an essential document in the history of modern medicine.
Author: Christiaan Barnard And Curtis Bill Pepper
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work in medical memoir and autobiography, One Life chronicles the extraordinary journey of Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant in December 1967. Written with journalist Curtis Bill Pepper, the narrative traces Barnard's humble origins in the small town of Beaufort West, his rigorous medical training across South Africa and the United States, and the relentless ambition that drove him to the operating table at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The tone is candid and deeply personal, presenting not only the triumphant scientific achievement but also the profound ethical, emotional, and human dimensions of transplanting a living heart from one person to another. Barnard illustrates with unflinching honesty the pressures, doubts, and controversies that surrounded the procedure, as well as the complex lives of the patients who placed their fate in his hands. One Life stands as both a gripping human story and an essential document in the history of modern medicine.