MEDICINE

Good morning everyone. I am Doctor Barn and Icome from Larne. It is a privilege to meet you. Iwill be guiding you through today’s lesson – getthose thinking caps on!

DESTINATION 20th Century 1901 – 2000 A.D.

On our journey today, we are going to the 20th Century to learn about an incredible medical discovery – the first heart transplant! Get the ‘Groove is in the Heart’ on Lady Miss Kier and the boys! Deee-Lite-ful! Bootsy Collins describes you all perfectly at the end of the song!!

In 1967, the world turned its attention toSouth Africa. Doctors there had carriedout the first heart transplant. It was amajor step forward for surgery –removing a heart from someone whohad died and giving the gift of life tosomeone else. The world was amazed.

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old LOUIS WASHKANSKYreceived the first human heart transplant at GrooteSchuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

Washkansky was a grocer and he was dying from heartdisease. He received the heart from DENISE DARVALL, a25-year-old woman who sadly died in a tragic accident.The surgeon who carried out the incredible operationwas called DOCTOR CHRISTIAAN BARNARD.

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

After Washkansky’s surgery, he was

given drugs to stop his body’s immune

system from rejecting the heart. These

drugs, however, also left him open to

sickness. 18 days after he received his

new heart, Washkansky sadly died.

Despite the setback, however,

Washkansky’s new heart hadfunctioned normally until his death.

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

LEFT PICTURE, Denise Darvali (the woman who died and donated her heart, CENTRE PICTURE Dr Christiaan Barnard who performed the operation and

RIGHT PICTURE Louis Washkansky, the patient who received the heart.

There are approximately 3,500 heart

transplants every year in the world

(there are about 200 each year in the

UK) and those who receive the

transplant live, on average, for another

15 years. In 1982, the first heart and

lung transplant took place. In 2005,

French doctors carried out a partial

face transplant (including nose andmouth!).

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

The technique Barnard used had beendeveloped by a group of Americanresearchers in the 1950s. Americansurgeon NORMAN SHUMWAYachieved the first successful hearttransplant, in a dog, at StanfordUniversity in California in 1958.

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

Doctors are now even considering thepossibility of a full head transplant!What do you think? Does it suit me?

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT 1967 A.D.

Time for the questions! Answer the questions in thenext slides. On a new page in your notebook andusing a black pen, write your title: “THE FIRSTSUCCESSFUL HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT”. Withyour black pen, copy the first question neatly intoyour notebook. Then, underline the question with ared pen and ruler. Now answer the question fully witha black pen. Remember use proper English. Once youhave completed question 1 lay out the otherquestions and answers as you did for question 1.

1. In which year was the first successful human heart transplant carried out?

2. In which country did the first successful heart transplant take place?

3. What was the name of the doctor who carried out the operation?

4. What was the name of the woman who donated her heart?

5. What was the name of the man who received the heart transplant?

6. For how long did the patient who received the heart live after the operation?

7. On average, how many heart transplants are carried out in the UK every year?

8. What animals were experimented on to try to perfect heart transplant surgery?

9. In 2005, French doctors carried out the first successful transplant of which body part?

10. Is it right to use animals for medical research? Explain your answer

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