This item is a 9 1/2" X 13",black and white lithograph photo of Dr. Christiaan Barnard. The lithograph photo has been mounted on a 9 1/2" X 13" piece of photography paper.South African heart surgeon who made medical history on Dec. 3, 1967, when he performed the first human-to-human heart transplant. Barnard also designed artificial heart valves and developed advanced surgical procedures for organ transplants. He was a vociferous antiapartheid activist who created a frenzy in 1968 when he transplanted the heart of a mixed-race man into a white dentist.The lithograph photo has been autographed on the front by Christiaan Barnard...................BOTH PHOTO AND AUTOGRAPH ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION....................
