Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Read full biography of Christiaan Barnard →
On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that... →
Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.
I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten... →
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound... →
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.