Operated on De Gaulle--Prof. Pierre Aboulker, one of France's leading urologists, today headed a team of three surgeons who operated on President Charles de Gaulle in Paris to correct a prostate gland disease. Later a communique released by Elysee Palace and signed by the three surgeons described condition of the 73-year-old President as "very satisfactory." Aboulker is shown as he addressed the medical faculty in Paris in May, 1963.
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Operated on De Gaulle--Prof. Pierre Aboulker, one of France's leading urologists, today headed a team of three surgeons who operated on President Charles de Gaulle in Paris to correct a prostate gland disease. Later a communique released by Elysee Palace and signed by the three surgeons described condition of the 73-year-old President as "very satisfactory." Aboulker is shown as he addressed the medical faculty in Paris in May, 1963.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1964]

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[Information from item housing] Aboulker, Prof Pierre French MD

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