![Thomas Morris on Twitter: "While Blaiberg was still recuperating, Barnard walked into his room with a plastic container. It contained the ruined heart that the surgeon had removed from his patient's chest. Thomas Morris on Twitter: "While Blaiberg was still recuperating, Barnard walked into his room with a plastic container. It contained the ruined heart that the surgeon had removed from his patient's chest.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSjLGEMWAAA721N.jpg)
Thomas Morris on Twitter: "While Blaiberg was still recuperating, Barnard walked into his room with a plastic container. It contained the ruined heart that the surgeon had removed from his patient's chest.
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1968 PRESS PHOTO Philip Blaiberg Worlds Only Living Heart Transplantee of S Afri - $17.99 | PicClick
![Thomas Morris on Twitter: "(Footnote for the interested: Barnard modified his original technique for this operation, altering his incision into the right atrium so as to avoid the sinus node. This posed Thomas Morris on Twitter: "(Footnote for the interested: Barnard modified his original technique for this operation, altering his incision into the right atrium so as to avoid the sinus node. This posed](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSjSe5AX4AA5B8y.jpg)