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Ready for life

Date11/3/1983

Names

McConnell, Colin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Ready for life: John Adams, left, of Thunder Bay, meets the press flanked by Dr. Neil McKenzie, who led the surgical team that gave him a new heart and lungs at University Hospital in London, Ont.

Subject

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Lungs

Medical care

Heart

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026452F

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