Christiaan Barnard Autograph

Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washkansky regaining full consciousness and being able to talk easily with his wife, before dying eighteen days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system. Barnard had told Mr. and Mrs. Washkansky that the operation had an 80% chance of success, an assessment which has been criticised as misleading. Barnard's second transplant patient, Philip Blaiberg, whose operation was performed at the beginning of 1968, returned home from the hospital and lived for a year and a half. More about Christiaan Barnard

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Born in Beaufort West, Cape Province, Barnard studied medicine and practised for several years in his native South Africa. As a young doctor experimenting on dogs, Barnard developed a remedy for the infant defect of intestinal atresia. His technique saved the lives of ten babies in Cape Town and was adopted by surgeons in Britain and the United States. In 1955, he travelled to the United States and was initially assigned further gastrointestinal work by Owen Harding Wangensteen at the University of Minnesota. He was introduced to the heart-lung machine, and Barnard was allowed to transfer to the service run by open heart surgery pioneer Walt Lillehei. Upon returning to South Africa in 1958, Barnard was appointed head of the Department of Experimental Surgery at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.

He retired as head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Cape Town in 1983 after rheumatoid arthritis in his hands ended his surgical career. He became interested in anti-aging research, and in 1986 his reputation suffered when he promoted Glycel, an expensive "anti-aging" skin cream, whose approval was withdrawn by the United States Food and Drug Administration soon thereafter. During his remaining years, he established the Christiaan Barnard Foundation, dedicated to helping underprivileged children throughout the world. He died in 2001 at the age of 78 after an asthma attack. Read even more about Christiaan Barnard at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Christiaan Barnard

The most expensive item with a signature of Christiaan Barnard (Christiaan Barnard 1st Heart Transplant Surgeon Signed Autographed book One Life) was sold in April 2017 for $299.95 while the cheapest item (Christiaan Barnard Hand Signed Index Card 1st Human Heart Transplant) found a new owner for $1.29 in August 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2014 with an average selling price of $9.50 for an autographed item of Christiaan Barnard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2013 with $129.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.25 was April 2010. In average, an autographed item from Christiaan Barnard is worth $34.98.

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thumbnailCHRISTIAAN BARNARD (1922-2001) hand signed 1972 autographed FDC - heart surgeon$45.00logo
thumbnailChristiaan Barnard - Pioneer Heart Surgeon - Autographed 3x5 Card$6.38logo
thumbnailChristiaan Barnard - Pioneer Heart Surgeon - Autographed 3x5 Card$15.01logo
thumbnailChristiaan Barnard - Pioneer Heart Surgeon - Autographed Card & Photograph$9.50logo
thumbnailCHRISTIAAN BARNARD - small autographed photo$9.99logo
thumbnailCHRISTIAAN BARNARD Hand Signed Page Cut Heart Transplan$3.25logo
thumbnailChristiaan Barnard Heart Transplant Puoneer Surgeon Autographed Photograph$32.00logo
thumbnailCHRISTIAAN BARNARD Signed 1.5x4 Card of the 1st Human Heart Transplant Surgeon!$9.99logo
thumbnailChristiaan Barnard Signed Photo Heart Transplant$19.95logo
thumbnailDr CHRISTIAAN BARNARD hand signed FDC first day cover$38.99logo
thumbnailDR CHRISTIAAN BARNARD signed double weight photo FAMOUS HEART SURGEON JSA$74.98logo
thumbnailDR. CHRISTIAAN BARNARD -- HEART SURGEON -- SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED CARD$29.95logo
thumbnailDR. CHRISTIAAN BARNARD -- HEART SURGEON -- SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED CARD$34.95logo
thumbnailDR. CHRISTIAAN BARNARD -- HEART SURGEON -- SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO$129.95logo
thumbnailProfessor CHRISTIAAN BARNARD, Cardiac Surgeon, Signed Personal Letter (1972)$55.00logo