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1968 Press Photo Returning To Normal : Britain's first heart transplant

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Returning To Normal : Britain's first heart transplant patient,Mr.Frederick West, 45, of Leigh-on sea,Essex, enjoys a game of chess with his nurses in his special suits at the National Heart Hospital Marylynne, London, today. Mr. West was moved from the theater where the surgery took place three weak and three days ago to his new suite yesterday. Mr. West received the heart of Irish=born Mr. Patrick Ryan, 23, a carpenter who died following a fall from a London building site.

Photo measures 8.25 x 6 inches.

Photo is dated 5-28-1968.



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