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Christiaan Barnard
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1922–2001 · South African cardiac surgeon

Also known as: Christiaan N. Barnard, Christiaan Neethling Barnard, Кристиан Барнард, كريستيان برنارد, 크리스천 버나드, クリスチャン・バーナード

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Known works

  • The second life (1993)
  • Good life good death (1980)
  • The donor (1996)
  • Living in the future
  • The surgery of the common congenital cardiac malformations (1968)