![Thomas Morris ar Twitter: "As for the patient, Philip Blaiberg: this is him six weeks after his transplant, standing next to Christiaan Barnard. https://t.co/Fo8wwzTdqN" / Twitter Thomas Morris ar Twitter: "As for the patient, Philip Blaiberg: this is him six weeks after his transplant, standing next to Christiaan Barnard. https://t.co/Fo8wwzTdqN" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSjUx-NWAAIB1ek.jpg)
Thomas Morris ar Twitter: "As for the patient, Philip Blaiberg: this is him six weeks after his transplant, standing next to Christiaan Barnard. https://t.co/Fo8wwzTdqN" / Twitter
![Oct. 10, 1969 - Longest living heart man dies: Father Damien Doulogne, 58, who became the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient after the death of Dr.Philip Blaiberg in August, died suddenly Oct. 10, 1969 - Longest living heart man dies: Father Damien Doulogne, 58, who became the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient after the death of Dr.Philip Blaiberg in August, died suddenly](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E0YBF2/oct-10-1969-longest-living-heart-man-dies-father-damien-doulogne-58-E0YBF2.jpg)
Oct. 10, 1969 - Longest living heart man dies: Father Damien Doulogne, 58, who became the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient after the death of Dr.Philip Blaiberg in August, died suddenly
![1968 PRESS PHOTO Philip Blaiberg Worlds Only Living Heart Transplantee of S Afri - $17.99 | PicClick 1968 PRESS PHOTO Philip Blaiberg Worlds Only Living Heart Transplantee of S Afri - $17.99 | PicClick](https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/353841672193_/1968-Press-Photo-Philip-Blaiberg-heart-recipient.jpg)
1968 PRESS PHOTO Philip Blaiberg Worlds Only Living Heart Transplantee of S Afri - $17.99 | PicClick
![Thomas Morris on Twitter: "(Footnote for the interested: Barnard modified his original technique for this operation, altering his incision into the right atrium so as to avoid the sinus node. This posed Thomas Morris on Twitter: "(Footnote for the interested: Barnard modified his original technique for this operation, altering his incision into the right atrium so as to avoid the sinus node. This posed](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSjSe5AX4AA5B8y.jpg)