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Where did DrDaniel Hale Willams perform his first heart transplant?
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∙ 15y ago
Dr. Daniel hale Williams first performed surgery on James Cornish's pericardium in 1893.The pericardium is the sack that that surrounds the heart.Cornish was the victim of a knife attack.He did not perform a heart transplant.
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