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Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h
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South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090584
South African History Online (2012) 'Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090584 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090584, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090584. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090584.
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