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Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a
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South African History Online. (2012, July 20). Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088747
South African History Online (2012) 'Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a', South African History Online, 20 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088747 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088747, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a." South African History Online, 20 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088747. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a." South African History Online. July 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088747.
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