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Asked whether he would observe the proposed moratorium, Barnard answered with an unhesitating "No, I would not." If other surgeons wished to, he suggested, that was their business. He insisted that he was guided by his own conscience, based on principles as old as the Hippocratic oath-that the physician must do everything in his power to save life, to restore health, and at the very least to alleviate suffering. Barnard conceded that in the case of Louis Washkansky he did not save life. But "in the case of Dr. Philip Blaiberg, I can say unhesitatingly that we have alleviated...
Criticism and caution about heart transplants have been welling up for weeks. So, as Capetown Surgeon Christiaan N. Barnard began his second U.S. tour, he tackled the issue headon. Barnard chose the title "Was Human Cardiac Transplantation Premature?" for his presentation to the American College of Cardiology in San Francisco. Emphatically, he said that...
...Academy of Sciences. Investigational transplants are now "appropriate" in man, said the board, but surgical teams with insufficient experience and facilities should not be permitted to attempt them. It thereupon laid down a set of guidelines. But even in hindsight, they were guidelines that had already been observed by Barnard and the two U.S. teams that have transplanted hearts...
Self-Appointed Critics. Any further restrictions on surgeons seemed unnecessary and unwise to Barnard. The death of a heart donor is already certified by the most experienced neurosurgeons and neurologists, he said. As for the radical nature of the operation, Barnard felt that the decision to remove a dying man's heart "may not be as difficult as the decision to remove a young woman's breast because of a lump...
...fire also set off alarms at the Cambridge police and fire departments, who arrived at Barnard Hall before most girls were even aware of what was happening...