Working with a Year-Old Heart--Louis B. Russel Jr. of Indianapolis checks the fit today of a plastic window he's using in his remodeled den. Russell, 44, underwent a heart transplant Aug. 24, 1968 and is now the world's second-longest living transplant patient.

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Working with a Year-Old Heart--Louis B. Russel Jr. of Indianapolis checks the fit today of a plastic window he's using in his remodeled den. Russell, 44, underwent a heart transplant Aug. 24, 1968 and is now the world's second-longest living transplant patient.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1969]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Heart Transplant

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