Heart transplant patient, Carl Van Bates, 50, an Amarillo, Texas prescription shoe store owner, talks on the phone 8/20 a day after receiving his new heart from a Houston housewife who died of a brain tumor 8/19. Bates remains in satisfactory condition at St. Luke's hospital in Houston.

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Heart transplant patient, Carl Van Bates, 50, an Amarillo, Texas prescription shoe store owner, talks on the phone 8/20 a day after receiving his new heart from a Houston housewife who died of a brain tumor 8/19. Bates remains in satisfactory condition at St. Luke's hospital in Houston.

United Press International · [ca. August 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Heart Transplant

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