Image: Christiaan Barnard 1968

Description: South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard smiling on a balcony of the Flora Hotel. Rome, 1968
Title: Christiaan Barnard 1968
Credit: http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/south-african-surgeon-christiaan-barnard-smiling-on-a-news-photo/141567573
Author: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers)
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