With Canada's second heart transplant patient Gaetan Paris are his wife Claire and chief surgeons Gilles Lepage (L) and Pierre Grondin (R), here 7/1 as they pose for the first hospital release photos. Paris, 49, received the heart of Yvon Bastien, 23, who died in a motorcycle accident, 6/27.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

With Canada's second heart transplant patient Gaetan Paris are his wife Claire and chief surgeons Gilles Lepage (L) and Pierre Grondin (R), here 7/1 as they pose for the first hospital release photos. Paris, 49, received the heart of Yvon Bastien, 23, who died in a motorcycle accident, 6/27.

United Press International · [ca. July 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Heart - Transplant

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