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Robert Jarvik and the First Artificial Heart


Book Description
The first patients to receive transplanted and artificial organs died, often after long periods of suffering. Despite these setbacks, the promise of saving a patient's life from an implanted organ was compelling enough to drive doctors and scientists to pursue transplants and artificial organs throughout the 20th century. Eventually, a number of medical pioneers succeeded in transplanting organs, ... More
Book Information
PublisherMitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
BindingLibrary Binding
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages48
ISBN-101584151161
ISBN-13978-1584151166
Publication Date05/01/2002
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About John Bankston (Author) : John Bankston is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of John Bankston include Margaret Mead: Pioneer of Social Anthropology (Great... more
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