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For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant]... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would not accept such odds if there were no lion.

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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart "than to bury it so it can be devoured by worms."

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I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.

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Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan Barnard

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Born: November 8, 1922

Died: September 2, 2001 (aged 78)

Bio: Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant and second overall heart transplant.

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