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John Gibbon and His Heart-Lung Machine (Hardcover)
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John Gibbon and His Heart-Lung Machine (Hardcover)
Series: Anniversary Collection
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John Heysham Gibbon, Jr., M.D., was the first researcher to develop
a heart-lung machine that could fully support an adult's cardiac
and respiratory functions during surgical procedures to repair
defects in the heart and lungs. The difficulty of such a task can
be seen in the number of people who attempted it for over a
century: the list is long. Gibbon succeeded on May 6, 1953, when he
repaired an atrial-septal defect with the patient supported
entirely by the machine for 27 minutes. Ada Romaine-Davis contends
that few realize how long Gibbon worked to achieve this success. To
rectify the situation, Romaine-Davis here provides a thorough study
of Gibbon and his accomplishment. She shows how Gibbon overcame
discouragement from his peers and mentors and obtained crucial
support from IBM Board Chairman Thomas Watson. She examines each of
the models produced by Gibbon and puts his achievement into
historical perspective. Gibbon himself chose not to pursue cardiac
surgery; he remained a thoracic surgeon. Others went on to develop
the knowledge and skills that today make open-heart surgery as safe
as other major surgical procedures. As Romaine-Davis amply
demonstrates, these pioneers stand on the shoulders of a stubborn,
persevering, single-minded genius whose determination to leave a
legacy to his profession resulted in the one thing essential for
sustained progress in heart surgery: John Gibbon's heart-lung
machine. This meticulously researched study will make fascinating
reading for physicians-especially surgeons-as well as for students
and scholars of medical history and science and technology.
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