The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South / Chip Jones.
Jones, Charles, 1952- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2020
RD598.35.T7 J66 2020
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Title The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South / Chip Jones.
Author Jones, Charles, 1952- author.
Edition First Gallery books hardcover edition.
ISBN 9781982107543 (electronic book)
1982107545 (electronic book)
9781982107529
1982107529
Published New York : Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing, [2020]
Copyright ©2020
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
Call Number RD598.35.T7 J66 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 617.4/120592
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Corporate Author ProQuest (Firm)
Available in Other Form Print version: 1982107529
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Part one. Roots. Case of the missing heart
The resurrectionists
The anatomy men
"The limbo of the unclaimed"
Part two. The race. Breaking the heart barrier
Heart on ice
Restless genius
The glass jar
Foreign exchange
Finish line
Part three. Reckoning. The fall
His brother's heart
The scream
"Facts and circumstances"
Part four. Troubles, trials, and tribulations. Rejection
The making of a medical celebrity
The defender
Relative death
Time of trial
Friends in high places
Shaping of a verdict
The unresolved case of Bruce Tucker
Down in the well
Epilogue. The soul of medicine
Afterword. Unhealed history.

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