(left to right): Clarence Dennis (1909-2005), John Heysham Gibbon, Jr. (1903-1973), Leland Clark, Jr. (1918-2005), Frank Gollan (1910-1988), and Vishwa Gupta

Summary

Clarence Dennis (1909-2005) performed the first open heart surgery using the heart-lung machine; surgeon John Heysham Gibbon, Jr. (1903-1973) invented the heart-lung machine; Leland Clark, Jr. (1918-2005), a biochemist, invented the Clark electrode, a device used for measuring oxygen in blood; Frank Gollan (1910-1988) had helped to isolate the polio virus and was also part of the team that had developed the heart-lung machine; Vishwa Gupta was then an exchange student from India, working with Gollan and Clark. They were attending the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heart Symposium at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 21, 1950.

Subject

• Gollan, Frank 1910-1988
• Clark, Leland C. Jr. 1918-2005
• Dennis, Clarence 1909-2005
• Gibbon, John Heysham
• Gupta, Vishwa
• National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0998

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1-21-1950

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

• Heart
• Chemistry
• Heart, Mechanical
• Cardiology
• Diseases
• Heart--Diseases

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0998]

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