Today in History

December 3, 1967

The First Heart Transplant

On December 3, 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant. Operating on a 54-year-old patient, Barnard performed the procedure in his native South Africa. The patient, Louis Washkansky, received the heart from a woman killed the day before in an auto accident. Washkansky survived for only 18 days before dying of pneumonia.


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