Technical Advisers Watch "Heart" Work--The man-made machine in foreground is doing the work of a living dog's heart and lungs during an operation recently at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia. Left to right: Frederick Rehmus, research engineer at the college; a nurse; Dr. E.C. Fink, associate professor of chemical engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology; Gerald Lewis, engineer, and J.J. Ashton, president, of J.J. Ashton Co., New York; and two unidentified surgeons. Rehmus, Fink, Lewis and Ashton helped surgeons develop the machine.
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Technical Advisers Watch "Heart" Work--The man-made machine in foreground is doing the work of a living dog's heart and lungs during an operation recently at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia. Left to right: Frederick Rehmus, research engineer at the college; a nurse; Dr. E.C. Fink, associate professor of chemical engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology; Gerald Lewis, engineer, and J.J. Ashton, president, of J.J. Ashton Co., New York; and two unidentified surgeons. Rehmus, Fink, Lewis and Ashton helped surgeons develop the machine.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1950]

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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