John Heysham Gibbon, Jr.
1903-1974
American physician who is known for his invention of the heart and lung apparatus that was utilized to prevent heart and lung failure during open chest surgery. He a...
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John Heysham Gibbon Jr.
1903-1973
American Surgeon
Inventor of the heart-lung machine, John H. Gibbon, Jr., first demonstrated that life can be maintained by an external pump acting as an artificial h...
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John Heysham Gibbon, Jr